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Quote from Thomas I. Emerson,


"The function of the censor is to censor. He has a professional interest in finding things to suppress."


By:

Thomas I. Emerson (more quotes by Thomas I. Emerson or books by/about Thomas I. Emerson)


(1907-1991) Lines Professor of Law, Yale University, author

Source:

Law and Contemporary Problems (1955)

Categories:

Speech, Censorship

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