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Quote from Joseph Allen,


"The burning of an author’s books, imprisonment for opinion’s sake,
has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time."


By:

Joseph Allen (more quotes by Joseph Allen or books by/about Joseph Allen)


(1749-1827) Delegate

Source:

Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1788

Categories:

Censorship, Press, Prison, Prohibition, Propaganda, Speech

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