intellectual freedom
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: freedom that allows people to think about or study what they want
the library's commitment to intellectual freedom
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Karen Grant, president of the New Jersey Association of School Librarians, praised the bill for recognizing the profession's integrity and for promoting intellectual freedom.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
The idea is simple—intellectual freedom in teaching and research are only safe when universities resolutely oppose efforts by governments to exert ideological control over their administrations.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
The world’s most powerful nation, a beacon of intellectual freedom for centuries, is now in danger of coming under the control of a demagogue who wants to build an authoritarian regime on the foundation of misinformation and lies.
—Sunil Mehta, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
According to Sakharov, the obliteration of intellectual freedom by dictators in their efforts to maintain power resulted in the mental and moral degradation of society, and was therefore self-destructive.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
The idea is simple—intellectual freedom in teaching and research are only safe when universities resolutely oppose efforts by governments to exert ideological control over their administrations.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
The world’s most powerful nation, a beacon of intellectual freedom for centuries, is now in danger of coming under the control of a demagogue who wants to build an authoritarian regime on the foundation of misinformation and lies.
—Sunil Mehta, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
According to Sakharov, the obliteration of intellectual freedom by dictators in their efforts to maintain power resulted in the mental and moral degradation of society, and was therefore self-destructive.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
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“Intellectual freedom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intellectual%20freedom. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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