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Claude Adrien Helvétius Quotes: To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.
         

To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.


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To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.
         



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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: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain.

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: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain.





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