Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais Quote

"Provided I do not write about the government, or about religion, or politics, or morals, or those in power, or public bodies, or the Opera, or the other state theatres, or about anybody who is active in anything, I can print whatever I want."

by:	Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais (1732-1799) French playwright, watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary
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Categories:	Censorship, Government, Humor, Hypocrisy, Media, Politics, Press, Prohibition, Religion, Speech
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(-: A recent visitor no doubt, to the current occupying statist theocracy infesting this land ;-)  How prophetic of Totalitarian regimes.  -- Mike, Norwalk      2
-- Ronw13, OR
Satirical and true.  -- jim k, Austin      1
-- jim k, Austin
And it's not too far off still in France, Germany, Britain, even the US.  People are being put in prison for social media posts that 'offend' politically connected groups.  The people's of the non-Western world have never been able to speak without retribution.  Heresy is still a crime in half the world, and it is being expanded to political dissidence.  -- E Archer, NYC      1

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