Persecution for opinion is the master vice of society.

“Medical studies have shown that cursing reduces levels of stress and pain. Repressing your anger is not healthy. It's much better to verbalize it,…

— Oliver Markus Malloy

“Censors don’t want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the…

— Judy Blume

Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

I don't believe in censorship in any form.

— Kathryn Bigelow

We must be talented, powerful and resilient creatures indeed given how much we manage to produce despite the constant undercutting, ridicule and needless censorship…

— Seth

When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he…

— Edward Albee

When there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious. Where there is none, it is pretty certain that the official…

— Paul Goodman

“I agree that it's a shame some books have to suffer ratings that clearly are invalid. However I can't think of a way to…

— Otis Y. Chandler

I think that, honestly, people's censorship issues are personal but I disagree with most of those personal choices that I see others make. You…

— Seth Rogen

Art made tongue-tied by authority.

— William Shakespeare

“The tendency to want what has been banned and therefore to presume that it is more worthwhile is not limited to such commodities as…

— Robert B. Cialdini

The only thing that is obscene is censorship.

— Anonymous

In a feature film, the question of censorship always comes up.

— Javed Jaffrey

“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the…

— Judy Blume