Liberal arts colleges have traditionally provided a forum for debating ideas. Avoiding controversy and 'playing it safe' by not inviting - or disinviting - speakers with 'controversial' views stifles debate.

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• Winston Churchill

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• Theodore Roosevelt

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• Alfred Lord Tennyson

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• Vince Lombardi

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• Aristotle

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