WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:51:57 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg tether – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Stevenson, Adlai -- Speech (1952-10-08), “The Area of Freedom,” University of Wisconsin, Madison https://wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewing/8545/ https://wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewing/8545/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:07:02 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=8545 If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain. It must be unrestricted in the play of its inquiry. If we insist on conclusions before the search is over, we are committed to playing the game of the mind with marked cards.


Adlai Stevenson II (1900–1965) American politician, diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-10-08), “The Area of Freedom,” University of Wisconsin, Madison
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