Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read…

George Bernard Shaw
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Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read. ✨ Literary Censorship in England. Current Opinion, Volume 55, No. 5 (p. 378), November 1913.
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Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read. ✨ Literary Censorship in England. Current Opinion, Volume 55, No. 5 (p. 378), November 1913.

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