Fleet Admiral Nimitz: Liberty flourishes only where there is free flow of communication (1960)

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THE BULWARKS OF OUR LIBERTY ARE MEN AND WOMEN WHO READ AND THINK.

Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz, USN

Nimitz The bulwarks of our liberty are men and women who read and think (1960)

“Liberty flourishes only where there is free flow of communication. For more than a century, our magazines have been reflecting and helping create living history; helping to mold opinion, manners, taste; helping to sharpen our awareness and understanding of domestic and international problems.

“There have been times when I personally have taken strong issue with specific articles or viewpoints. That’s my privilege as a free man, as it is the privilege of our magazines to speak out as they believe.

“We sometimes despair over specifics in our educational, political, and military systems or of actions, or opinions of individuals representing them.

“That we fall short of true wisdom and humanity is inevitable, since man is imperfect. But we are better than we sometimes think. And as magazines continue to reflect and project opinion on education, moral concepts, art, science, government, the world and the space beyond, we will improve, inevitably.”


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Fleet Admiral Chester W Nimitz, USN

“The bulwarks of our liberty are men and women who read and think.”

LIFE Aug 8, 1960 Nimitz

LIFE Aug 8, 1960 Nimitz

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