That if all Printers were determin’d not to print any thing till…

That if all Printers were determin’d not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed.

Benjamin Franklin

1731

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Topic

Freedom of the press Offensive speech Freedom of speech and expression

Medium

Essay Newspaper

Time

1731 Colonial America

Person

Benjamin Franklin

Provenance

Current citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Apology for Printers." Benjamin Franklin: Silence Dogood, The Busy-Body and Early Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Original citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Apology for Printers," The Pennsylvania Gazette, 10 June 1731.

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