Alexander Meiklejohn
Alexander Meiklejohn
Alexander Meiklejohnwas a philosopher, university administrator, educational reformer, and free-speech advocate. He served as dean of Brown University and president of Amherst College...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth1 February 1872
art thinking
Democracy is the art of thinking independently together.
wise loss safety
Whatever may be the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to that safety arising from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. That is the faith, the experimental faith, by which we Americans have undertaken to live.
opportunity civilization burden
Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.
wise congress
Freedom is always wise.
thinking done world
There is, I think, nothing in the world more futile than the attempt to find out how a task should be done when one has not yet decided what the task is.