In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. (Alfred Whitney Griswold)

In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

Alfred Whitney Griswold

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