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.

Alfred Griswold

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Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored.

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

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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail.

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