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As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it ends.

Jeremy Bentham

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Jeremy Bentham
Died: 1832
Died: June 6
Human Rights Activist
Jurist
Lawyer
Merchant
Philosopher
Political Scientist
Suffragist
Gamaliel Smith
Philip Beauchamp
Censorship
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