The special harm attaching to prior restraint is that the g… - Randal Marlin

" "
The special harm attaching to prior restraint is that the government can keep materials from reaching the public, so there can be no accountability, no judgment by the people that the power to suppress was wrongly exercised.

Randal Marlin

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Randal Marlin

Randal Marlin (born 1938) is an American-born Canadian philosophy professor at Carleton University in Ottawa who specializes in the study of propaganda.

All quotes from Randal Marlin Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Randal Marlin:

Edward Bernays Noam Chomsky Jacques Ellul Robert B. Cialdini Julian Assange

Additional quotes by Randal Marlin

Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning.

The specific media my change, but the principles of human nature have remained fairly constant over the millenia.

Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those democratic ideals to which lip-service is commonly accorded.

The special harm attaching to prior restraint is that the government can keep materials from reaching the public, so there can be no accountability, … - Randal Marlin

About Randal Marlin

Unlimited Quote Collections

Additional quotes by Randal Marlin

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI