“The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.”
Earl Warren (1891–1974) United States federal judge
Dissent in Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago 365 U.S. 43 (1961)
1960s
“No—foreign swords could never pierce so deeply.
The deadliest wounds are dealt by citizen hands.”
— Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, book Pharsalia
Book I, line 31 (tr. Brian Walters).
Pharsalia
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The deadliest wounds are dealt by citizen hands." by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus?
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