Quote#World
In some respects, the life of a censor is more exhilarating than that…
Quote byHeywood Broun · 1888–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Pieces of Hate and Other Enthusiasms, George H Doran Company, 1922. Quoted in Murphy, Edward F. Webster's Treasury of Relevant Quotations , Greenwich House, New York, 1983 (pg. 124)..
English (original)
In some respects, the life of a censor is more exhilarating than that of an emperor. The best the emperor can do is snip off the heads of men and women, who are mere mortals. The censor can decapitate ideas which but for him might have lived forever.
— Heywood Broun
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