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Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.

Bruce Coville

Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.

Tags: censorship, control, dictatorship, information, tyranny

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About Bruce Coville

Bruce Farrington Coville (, born May 16, 1950) is an author of young adult fiction. Coville was first published in 1977 and has written over 100 books.