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

Jeremy Bentham

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Censorship

Author

Jeremy Bentham

Source

Principles of the Penal Code Theory of Legislation

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. "Principles of the Penal Code." Theory of Legislation. Vol. 2, Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Company, 1840.

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Alexis de Tocqueville
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Democracy in America
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Time
1835 1830s 19th century
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Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, ch. 18, pt. 6.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 1, ch. 18, pt. 6.