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. ALAN BARTH FunctionInstitutionServer CheckSocietyState
The notion that the church, the press, and the universities should serve the state is essentially a Communist notion. ALAN BARTH ChurchCommunistEssentialNotionPressServeStateUniversity
Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions. ALAN BARTH AntidoteCriticismDelusionDissentIndispensableMajor
Tolerance of diversity is imperative, because without it, life would lose its savor. ALAN BARTH DiversityImperativeLifeLoveSavorTolerance
Loyalty in a free society depends upon the toleration of disloyalty. ALAN BARTH DependDisloyaltyFreeLoyaltySocietyToleration
Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. ALAN BARTH CourseDangerousMajorityMistakenNecessarilyOftenSilence
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. ALAN BARTH AdjustmentArtAttitudeDiversityIndividualProgressScienceSocialToleranceWay
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. ALAN BARTH AgainCommitCountryDeedFreeHonorIndeedLeaveSameVictim
Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions. ALAN BARTH AntidoteCriticismDelusionDissentIndispensableMajor
Character assassination is at once easier and surer than physical assault; and it involves far less risk for the assassin. ALAN BARTH AssassinAssassinationAssualtCharacterEasierInvolveLessOncePhysicalRiskSurer
