They can do so, however, only if truth is present in the marketplace; censorship poses the grave risk of removing truth as an alternative in the marketplace. An oft-quoted passage that English author...

They can do so, however, only if truth is present in the marketplace; censorship poses the grave risk of removing truth as an alternative in the marketplace. An oft-quoted passage that English author John Milton wrote in 1644, in an essay titled “Are opagitica,” captures well the essential need for a marketplace of ideas.