The liberal arts inform and enlighten the independent citizen of a democracy in the use of his own resources.... They enlarge his capacity for self-knowledge and expand his opportunities for self-improvement.... They are the wellsprings of a free society.
Alfred Whitney GriswoldLiberal learning is both a safeguard against false ideas of freedom and a source of true ones.
Alfred Whitney GriswoldThe source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.
Alfred Whitney Griswold