No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. (Anatole France)

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Anatole France

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