If you have to be careful because of oppression and censorship, this pressure produces diamonds. — Tatyana Tolstaya Copy Share Image
“Manufacturing consent begins by weaponizing the meme and utilizing the censorship algorithms of Google, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.” — James Scott, Senior Fellow, The Center for Cyber Influence Operations Studies Copy Share Image
Did you ever hear anyone say, 'That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very… — Joseph Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
“Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.” — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
Persons who undertake to pry into, or cleanse out all the filth of a common sewer, either cannot have very nice noses,… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
And although I'm all for freedom of expression and against censorship, there are certain things I'm not willing to go to jail… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
No member of society has the right to teach any doctrine contrary to what society holds to be true. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I unintentionally slaughter sacred cows in public venues and speak my mind even when I have lost it. I often open my… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
Nothing is harmful to literature except censorship, and that almost never stops literature going where it wants to go either, because literature… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
What I tell kids is don't get mad (about censorship) get even. Run, don't walk, to the first library you can find,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of 'The Giver': the world where there are no bad words and no… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Decades of indoctrination, manipulation, censorship and KGB excursions haven't altered this fact: People want a piece of their own little Something-or-Other, and,… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
No totalitarian censor can approach the implacability of the censor who controls the line of communication between the outer world and our… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct propaganda there must… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as "political correctness", constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands of industry groups and governments, and we are - increasingly, I think - seeing important… — Sue Gardner Copy Share Image
There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule-and I shouldn't ever think of using a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Earthlog 3002-3003 In many of the monkey nations of earth their local governments often ban books, and yet not a single earth… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
[Bill Clinton] was the man, as a matter of fact, who, in terms of the Communications Decency Act, which would have made… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“Some of the choices teenagers make are morally and practically wrong. Some of my characters do things I hope my child won't.… — Rachel Vail Copy Share Image
“What are the consequences when the government, the media, and the leaders of commerce all speak with one voice? Why, it means… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“I have a real issue with anyone trying to protect children from their own imaginations. If we cannot acknowledge that a lot… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
England has been praised for turning out intelligent, adult pictures whereas Hollywood has been severely censured for turning out junk. I don't… — John Garfield Copy Share Image
If you care for the quality of life in our American democracy, then you have to be for censorship. — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible. — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical. — Robert Bourassa Copy Share Image
In most cases, the only genuine victims of the 'safe places' demands for censorship are conservative student groups and their invited guest… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
I think if we ban certain religions, if we censor the Internet, I think that at that point the terrorists will have… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
The case against censoring anything is absolute: ... nothing that could be censored can be so bad in its effects, in the… — Katharine Whitehorn Copy Share Image
Child labor, not a problem. Censorship, not a problem. Torture, not a problem. Chewing gum in China - oh, my God! You… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
“Controlling the internet is a powerful tool for increasingly confident autocracies.” — Roger Spitz Copy Share Image
I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education. — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Our civilisation cannot afford to let the censor-moron loose. The censor-moron does not really hate anything but the living and growing human… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I don't want to be shut out from the truth. If they ban books, they might as well lock us away from… — Rory Edwards Copy Share Image
The fact that we don't have censorship on the Internet really gives you a lot of freedom, as makers and creative people… — Bhumi Pednekar Copy Share Image
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