The search for subversives results in the intimidation of the independent, the original, the imaginative, and the experimental-minded… It discourages… - Henry Steele Commager

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The search for subversives results in the intimidation of the independent, the original, the imaginative, and the experimental-minded… It discourages the discussion of controversial matters in the classroom, for such discussion may be reported, or misreported, and cause trouble.

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About Henry Steele Commager

Henry Steele Commager (25 October 1902 – 2 March 1998) was an American historian and teacher.

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The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion,… In the long run it will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence of thought and subservience.

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