We cannot have a society, in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
When we begin to lift the veils of censorship and repression in painting, a great deal of energy is unleashed. — Michele Cassou Copy Share Image
Once the censorship board clears a film, there should not be any other obstacle for a film's theatrical run. — Shoojit Sircar Copy Share Image
The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship. — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
...there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The ‘explosion of journalism’ in Europe brought about by the end of censorship in many states in 1847–8 was a clear symptom… — Lucy Riall Copy Share Image
In conclusion, you can see that there is a place for censors and we only wish that we could tell you where… — Pat Paulsen 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
The territory has changed, and a lot of really good actors want to do cable series, but they don't necessarily want to… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
To reject censorship after studying the risks involved is very well. To reject it ex cathedra, in the tones of Calvin pronouncing… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
Aside from the collective gain that comes from that free interchange of ideas, there is a direct personal value for the individual… — Charles Rembar Copy Share Image
“Here is how I propose to end book-banning in this country once and for all: Every candidate for school committee should be… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Women's sexuality is something that is a very touchy subject for a lot of women...I had to free my body from all… — Sheila Kelley Copy Share Image
perhaps these men in the House Caucus Room [Committee on Un-American Activities] are determined to spread silence: to frighten those voices which… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
I certainly don't mean to suggest that all investigative journalism prior to 9/11 in the US was praiseworthy. But there were more… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
there are lots of would-be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing:… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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