 To subject the press to the restrictive power of .a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since, the revolution (a), is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all...  Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books - Page 113by William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1867Full view - About this book
 | George Anastaplo - Law - 2005 - 918 pages
...the peace, have to be guarded against. In addition, Blackstone speaks of the danger of making one man "the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controverted points in learning, religion, and government." "Learning" here seems somewhat neutral;33 the key terms are probably "religion" and "government": controversies... | |
 | Eve Tavor Bannet, Professor Eve Tavor Bannet - Literary Collections - 2005 - 9 pages
...press consists in printing without any previous license, subject to the consequences of the law." For "to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writing. . .is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion,... | |
 | Paulina Kewes - Literary Collections - 2006 - 470 pages
...justified its use of the laws of seditious libel against publications it did not like by insisting that "to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writing . . .is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion,... | |
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