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Quote from Matt Coles,


"Two hundred ten years ago, the people who drafted our Bill of Rights decided that banning books wasn't the way to handle disagreements. They thought the best thing was more speech. It is a pity that county commissioners in 2002 don't agree."


By:

Matt Coles (more quotes by Matt Coles or books by/about Matt Coles)


director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Lesbian and Gay Rights Projects

Source:

on the occasion of a censorship challenge to It's Perfectly Normal

Categories:

Government, Independence, Power

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