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Censorship makes sense only in a world from which God has been banished.

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The quote presents censorship as fitting only in a world where God is no longer recognized or present. It contrasts human control over expression with a world ordered by divine authority. In ordinary terms, the speaker is saying that censorship becomes understandable only after belief in God has been removed from public or moral life.

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Visthar, Selected Kappen Memorial Lectures
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