“Tolerance of diversity is imperative, because without it, life would lose its savor. Progress in the arts, in the sciences, in the patterns of social adjustment springs from diversity and depends upon a tolerance of individual deviations from conventional ways and attitudes.” WayArtIndividualSocialLosesAttitudeProgressDependsDiversitySpringPatternsToleranceConventionalImperativesAdjustmentDeviationConventional Ways Author:Alan Barth
“Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.” CoursesLibertyAtheismDangerousMajorsCriticismMajorityCivil RightsMinoritiesDelusionMistakenIndispensableRebelliousDissentAntidoteSilencing Author:Alan Barth
“The notion that the church, the press, and the universities should serve the state is essentially a Communist notion. In a free society these institutions must be wholly free - which is to say that their function is to serve as checks upon the state.” ShouldStatesGovernmentChurchLibertyFunctionInstitutionsPressesNotionUniversityChecksCommunistFree Society Author:Alan Barth
“Character assassination is at once easier and surer than physical assault; and it involves far less risk for the assassin. It leaves him free to commit the same deed over and over again, and may, indeed, win him the honors of a hero in the country of his victims.” MayCountryCharacterWinningRiskHeroHonorEasierVictimDeedsCommitPropagandaAssaultAssassinationAssassinsCharacter Assassination Author:Alan Barth
“Thought that is silenced is always rebellious.” Rebellious Book:Heritage of Liberty Source: Heritage of Liberty
“Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.” MajorsCriticismDelusionIndispensableDissentAntidote Author:Alan Barth
“Loyalty in a free society depends upon the toleration of disloyalty.” DependsLoyaltyMiscellaneousFree SocietyTolerationDisloyalty Author:Alan Barth
