Ifwethinktoregulateprinting，therebytorectifymanners，wemustregulateallrecreationandpastimes，allthatisdelightfultoman。Nomusicmustbeheard，nosongbesetorsung，butwhatisgraveandDoric。Theremustbelicensingdancers，thatnogesture，motion，ordeportmentbetaughtouryouthbutwhatbytheirallowanceshallbethoughthonest;forsuchPlatowasprovidedof。Itwillaskmorethantheworkoftwentylicenserstoexamineallthelutes，theviolins，andtheguitarsineveryhouse;
theymustnotbesufferedtoprattleastheydo，butmustbelicensedwhattheymaysay。Andwhoshallsilencealltheairsandmadrigalsthatwhispersoftnessinchambers？Thewindowsalso，andthebalconiesmustbethoughton;thereareshrewdbooks，withdangerousfrontispieces，settosale;whoshallprohibitthem，shalltwentylicensers？Thevillagesalsomusthavetheirvisitorstoinquirewhatlecturesthebagpipeandtherebeckreads，eventotheballatryandthegamutofeverymunicipalfiddler，forthesearethecountryman’sArcadias，andhisMonteMayors。
Next，whatmorenationalcorruption，forwhichEnglandhearsillabroad，thanhouseholdgluttony:whoshallbetherectorsofourdailyrioting？Andwhatshallbedonetoinhibitthemultitudesthatfrequentthosehouseswheredrunkennessissoldandharboured？
Ourgarmentsalsoshouldbereferredtothelicensingofsomemoresoberworkmasterstoseethemcutintoalesswantongarb。Whoshallregulateallthemixedconversationofouryouth，maleandfemaletogether，asisthefashionofthiscountry？Whoshallstillappointwhatshallbediscoursed，whatpresumed，andnofurther？Lastly，whoshallforbidandseparateallidleresort，allevilcompany？Thesethingswillbe，andmustbe;buthowtheyshallbeleasthurtful，howleastenticing，hereinconsiststhegraveandgoverningwisdomofastate。
TosequesteroutoftheworldintoAtlanticandUtopianpolities，whichnevercanbedrawnintouse，willnotmendourcondition;buttoordainwiselyasinthisworldofevil，inthemidstwhereofGodhathplacedusunavoidably。NorisitPlato’slicensingofbookswilldothis，whichnecessarilypullsalongwithitsomanyotherkindsoflicensing，aswillmakeusallbothridiculousandweary，andyetfrustrate;butthoseunwritten，oratleastunconstraining，lawsofvirtuouseducation，religiousandcivilnurture，whichPlatotherementionsasthebondsandligamentsofthecommonwealth，thepillarsandthesustainersofeverywrittenstatute;thesetheybewhichwillbearchiefswayinsuchmattersasthese，whenalllicensingwillbeeasilyeluded。Impunityandremissness，forcertain，arethebaneofacommonwealth;butherethegreatartlies，todiscerninwhatthelawistobidrestraintandpunishment，andinwhatthingspersuasiononlyistowork。