Self-respect Cannot Be Hunted. It Cannot Be

Books Won't Stay Banned. They Won't Burn. Ideas Won't Go To Jail.

The Liberal Arts Inform And Enlighten The Independent Citizen Of A Democracy In The Use Of His Own Resources.... They Enlarge His Capacity For Self-knowledge And Expand His Opportunities For Self-improvement.... They Are The Wellsprings Of A Free Society.

If Appeasing Our Enemies Is Not The Answer, Neither Is Hating Them.... Somewhere Between The Extremes Of Appeasement And Hate There Is A Place For Courage And Strength To Express Themselves In Magnanimity And Charity, And This Is The Place We Must Find.

Could Hamlet Have Been Written By A Committee, Or The "mona Lisa" Painted By A Club? Could The New Testament Have Been Composed As A Conference Report? Creative Ideas Do Not Spring From Groups. They Spring From Individuals. The Divine Spark Leaps From The Finger Of God To The Finger Of Adam, Whether It Takes Ultimate Shape In A Law Of Physics Or A Law Of The Land, A Poem Or A Policy, A Sonata Or A Mechanical Computer.

There Are Certain Things In A Man That Have To Be Won, Not Forced; Inspired, Not Compelled. Among These Are Many, I Should Say Most, Of The Things That Constitute The Good Life. All Are Essential To Democracy. All Are Proof Against Its Enemies.