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No technique of suppression has so far been discovered which does not have the effect of giving wider currency to the thing suppressed than can be attained in any other fashion.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski claims that suppression techniques often backfire, leading to greater dissemination of the suppressed ideas.
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