A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
We live in far too permissive a society. Never before has pornography been this rampant. And those films are so badly lit! — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Censorship has kind of disappeared in a way because everything is accessible online. — Cliff Martinez Copy Share Image
“You can never talk religion on network TV. It makes too many people angry. You can talk about sex.” — craig ferguson Copy Share Image
There's lot of social censorship now, especially in this era of ubiquitous social media. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Every human being has a right to hear what other wise human beings have spoken to him. It is one of the… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
I'm a product of a military dictatorship. Under a dictatorship, you cannot trust information or dispense it freely because of censorship. So… — Vik Muniz Copy Share Image
Self-censorship, the most important and most successful form of censorship, is rampant. Debate is identified with dissent, which is in turn identified… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
There are always forces at work in a society, which are really forces of censorship - either religious bodies or zealots who… — John Boorman Copy Share Image
Americans are attracted to the dark side. But which movies should be allowed to be violent and show that dark side, and… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
“Normally, anything done in the name of 'the kids' strikes me as either slightly sentimental or faintly sinister—that redolence of moral blackmail… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“In the past, censorship worked by blocking the flow of information. In the 21st century, censorship works by flooding people with irrelevant… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
One of the curious things about censorship is that no one seems to want it for himself. We want censorship to protect… — Edgar Dale Copy Share Image
“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Like many other world religions, nationalism requires its adapts to adhere to a strict dogma. They must also provide a sacrifice of… — Lamine Pearlheart Copy Share Image
I cannot disagree with you that having something like 500 economists is extremely unhealthy. As you say, it is not conducive to… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“There were counter-protests, of course, and in the end Mapplethorpe’s work was exhibited, but the message to the arts community was clear:… — David Bayles Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, as a society, we do not teach our children that they need to tend carefully the garden of their minds. Without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But once a culture develops sufficiently to become skeptical, the idea of censorship becomes less attractive. To suppress a book or a… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
[Confiscating a book and punishing its author] is a sign that one does not have a good case, or at least doesn't… — Laszlo Radvanyi Copy Share Image
“The important thing for you to remember, Montag, is we're the Happiness Boys, the Dixie Duo, you and I and the others.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Dark, was banned by the Irish state censor for obscenity. The story was set, as so much of McGahern's later fiction would… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that's the most dangerous kind of censorship - that's how hegemony works. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
Another view is Western companies chartered in societies that believe in this kind of censorship shouldn't be carrying water for societies that… — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image
SeLF censorsHIP? Not my strong suit...I dont want to be a total d o u c h e b a g ,… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. — Potter Stewart Copy Share Image
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Popular culture, in all its crudeness, is the output of liberals. It is liberalism that for decades has rejected any protest as… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you… — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration. — G. D. H. Cole Copy Share Image
“of bandwidth and other infrastructure far from universally available as well as issues of censorship in” — Cathy N. Davidson Copy Share Image
“A word to the unwise. Torch every book. Char every page. Burn every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
The solution to voters potentially being misled by a judicial candidate's political speech is more speech - not government censorship. — Amul Thapar Copy Share Image
I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself. — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Democrats want more censorship, not less, as long as it silences conservative voices. — Miranda Devine Copy Share Image
A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
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