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It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief.   Johnson, Samuel

Excerpt from Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley · This quote is about censorship · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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