 | 1795 - 432 σελίδες
...writers to silence. To limit the press is to insult the nation: to prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. • •:. !•: Should we to destroy error compel it to silence ? No. How then ? Let it talk on. Error,... | |
 | Helvétius - 1810 - 452 σελίδες
...insult the nation: to prohibit the reading of cei tain books is to declare the inhabitants to be *ither fools or slaves : such a prohibition ought to fill...approved or condemned ; yes, at the beginning : but this first judgment is nothing ; it is the voice o€ prejudice for or against. The judgment truly interesting... | |
 | 1909 - 284 σελίδες
...writers to silence. To limit the press is to insult the nation; to prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. Should we to destroy error compel it to silence ? No. How then ? I-et it talk on. Error, obscure of... | |
 | 1915 - 106 σελίδες
...— Thomas Jefferson. To limit the press is to insult the nation ; to prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. — Helvetius. LIBERTY " Proclaim liberty throughout aft the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."... | |
 | Norman Angell - 1919 - 60 σελίδες
...remaining silent. * * * To limit the press is to insult the nation ; to prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. Should we to destroy error compel it to silence? No. How then? Let it talk on. Error, obscure of itself,... | |
 | 1941 - 120 σελίδες
...growth!—Walt Whitman (1882). To limit the press is to insult the nation; to prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. Should we to destroy error compel it to silence? No. How then? Let it talk on. Error, obscure of itself,... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1942 - 694 σελίδες
...Walt Whitman (1882). To limit the press Is to Insult the nation; to prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. Should we to destroy error compel It to silence? No. How then? Let it talk on. Error, obscure of itself,... | |
 | Charles T. Sprading - 1913 - 550 σελίδες
...remaining silent. . . . To limit the press is to insult the nation; to prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. Should we to destroy error compel it to silence? No. How then? Let it talk on. Error, obscure of itself,... | |
 | Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - 1992 - 552 σελίδες
...ninety seconds. — Mike Royko To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. — Claude-Adrien Helvetius If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 σελίδες
...Claude- Adrien 1715-1771 4525 To limit the press is to insult a natlon; to prohibit reading of certain an as was ever seen, Fresh as the Angel o'er a new inn door. 1927 4511 HEMANS Felicia 1793-1835 4526 'Casabianca' The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he... | |
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To limit the press is to insult the nation ; to prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. 
