"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
(1749-1827) Delegate
Source:
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1788
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What I liked about this quote is that it it conveys how people censorship things during events in history and how it foreshadows things.
 -- DanOfAction, Buena Park     
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    I like it a lot. Demigods now declare hate speech and / or misinformation anything that is even slightly contrary to the new woke dogma.
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    I don't support burning an intelligent individual's books or imprisoning them.


     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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