On the Record: Mar. 18, 1985
Newton Minow, 59, attorney and former FCC chairman, on his study of the legal systems of four European countries: "In Germany, under the law everything is prohibited except that which is permitted. In France, under the law everything is permitted except that which is prohibited. In the Soviet Union, everything is prohibited, including that which is permitted. And in Italy, under the law everything is permitted, especially that which is prohibited."
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