Denouncing someone for his views is kosher. But intimidation and coercion - including the kind of economic coercion that threatens jobs and… — Norah Vincent Copy Share Image
Even a very brief tape-delay introduces a form of censorship into the broadcast - not direct governmental control, but it means that… — Frank Pierson Copy Share Image
Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my… — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
The media may wish that the coordinated effort to control the outcome of the 2020 election through censorship, deplatforming, and removing scrutiny… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
Let us be clear: censorship is cowardice. ... It masks corruption. It is a school of torture: it teaches, and accustoms one… — Pablo Antonio Cuadra Copy Share Image
The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We are to have no pictures which the puritan and the narrow, animated by an obsolete dogma, cannot approve of. We are… — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
It's magical thinking to imagine that the reason unspeakable things are being perpetrated by younger and younger people is that they've fallen… — John Irving Copy Share Image
If politically infused music is denied airplay, music reviews or festival stage time because it is considered "politics" rather than "art", then… — Moddi Copy Share Image
The problem is, as a company, if you attempt to streamline knowledge or try to limit information you get accused of censorship.… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I don't agree with most forms of censorship, and I especially don't agree with the idea that one needs to be from… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
“In this age of censorship I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
There shouldn't be any censorship. This is America. There shouldn't be any of this freedom of the press, freedom of expression, but… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
“Gradual change is in principle, of course, a good idea, certainly in countries where a blatant disregard for civil liberties go hand… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
To prevent wars, people must criticize, in their own country, the abuses that occur in their own country. The role taboos play… — Christa Wolf Copy Share Image
“The days of sitting on the fence and not opposing social justice warrior censorship because you don't agree with everything that (insert… — Vox Day Copy Share Image
“For centuries censorship has created best sellers because, as Michel de Montaigne said, 'To forbid us anything is to make us have… — Margaret Bald Copy Share Image
Censors will try to censor a little bit more each year (because, like editors and other officious people, censors don't feel they… — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
It's a very teenage idea - this idea that thought is ruined when we give over to television shows and glossy magazines… — John Maus Copy Share Image
Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes,… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship… — Asghar Farhadi Copy Share Image
What I'm finding is there's an awful lot about adoption and relinquishment and the complicated nature of family that we, as human… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
“By deciding what is, and is not, allowed to be discussed in a review, by removing discussion of social context, and saying… — G.R. Reader Copy Share Image
It is quite reasonable to subscribe both to the old saw that no good girl was ever ruined by a book and… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
On things like censorship, I think everything should be allowed on television. You know, I mean anything. I don’t know who believes… — Richey Edwards Copy Share Image
“Word-banning seems to be a trend of late. It's become fashionable to try to ban words we're uncomfortable with, which you really… — Andrew Heller Copy Share Image
Money, first and foremost, is a medium of communication, conveying the information we call 'price'. Government control of the money supply is… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
The de facto censorship which leaves so many Americans functionally illiterate about the history of US foreign affairs may be all the… — William Blum Copy Share Image
There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government's attitude to the… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
“Every man — in the development of his own personality — has the right to form his own beliefs and opinions. Hence,… — Thomas Emerson Copy Share Image
Colleges have a twofold duty when it comes to dealing with censorship. First, there is the duty to not censor the free… — Greg Lukianoff Copy Share Image
Every Democrat constituency group has at least two things in common. They hate us. They despise opposition. That's why they created political… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In any event, the proper question isn't what a journalist thinks is relevant but what his or her audience thinks is relevant.… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
“A naked breast is no more a threat to the well-being of a child than a naked hand or foot. So from… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
Balanced' is a code for 'denied': a right to free speech that must be 'balanced' against so exhaustive a list of other… — Ronald Dworkin Copy Share Image
Self-censorship has become a part of me. I think because we live in a place where community is very important, family is… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
Already the writers are complaining that there is too much freedom. They need some pressure. The worse your daily life, the better… — Tatyana Tolstaya Copy Share Image
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