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Today's Quotes 10.17.06

Submitted: October 17, 2006 - 11:11am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 3:16am

"It is only when you remove the fear-inducing shackles of censorship that you unleash the imagination."
-- Sumner Redstone, Viacom

"In the absence of self-regulation, government-mandated regulation is sure to fill the vacuum."
-- FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell

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