Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates…

The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of…

— Henry Steele Commager

“The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of…

— Henry Steele Commager

“though the interest of the labourer is strictly connected with that of the society, he is incapable either of comprehending that interest, or of…

— Adam Smith

Censorship defeats the right to self determination.

— Anonymous

A word too much always defeats its purpose.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“To conquer life defeats the purpose of living”

— Carlo J Vella

It's about bums on seats. If nobody wants to listen to what you are doing, it kind of defeats the purpose really, doesn't it?

— James Grant

The apparatus defeats its own purpose if its purpose is to create a humane existence on the basis of a humanized nature.

— Herbert Marcuse

Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.

— Brian Kernighan

In the long run [censorship] will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence of thought and subservience.

— Henry Steele Commager

The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.

— Norm MacDonald

“All sexual activity performed is at the discretion of the participants and is confined to only one hour.”

— Karen A.Miles

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with…

— Barbara Tuchman

Aishwarya, my parent's daughter, has been brought up with enough values inculcated where I will use my discretion in my choices. At the same…

— Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

The policeman on the beat or in the patrol car makes more decisions and exercises broader discretion affecting the daily lives of people every…

— Warren E. Burger