Censorship is un-American, and it's egregious that any journalist would advocate for others to be banned for political speech. — Laura Loomer Copy Share Image
“The Procrustean bed. . .suggests itself with dispiriting aptness as a metaphor for the Culture Wars, right down to the blandishments with… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
Indian epics are full of violence, and such stories have shaped India. As filmmakers, I don't think anyone in India would tone… — S. S. Rajamouli Copy Share Image
They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder,… — Ludwig von Mises 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
People were touchingly naive at the dawn of the Internet revolution when they said the Internet will route around censorship the way… — Paul Saffo Copy Share Image
Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. — Adlai E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
In France now, there's no problem with official censorship. Once your movie is finished, you always are R-rated. My movie is just… — Gaspar Noe 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
“If, to expose the fraud and imposition of monarchy ... to promote universal peace, civilization, and commerce, and to break the chains… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Books can be immensely powerful. The ideas in them can change the way people think. Yet it was the Nazis and Stalin's… — John Farndon Copy Share Image
We saw a social network choose not to censor misinformation in 2016 and got burned for that decision, then we saw them… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
Perhaps MacKinnon should reflect on these suggestions that the censorship issue is not so simple-minded, so transparently gender-against-gender, as she insists. She… — Ronald Dworkin Copy Share Image
All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I am against censorship. I prefer the chaos of uncontrollable communication of all sorts to selective banning of certain materials. I do… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“While much of the media is driven by social media "clicks", the alphabet soup continuously endeavors to protect democrats by consistently complimenting… — Alex Mel Copy Share Image
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address… — James Howe Copy Share Image
I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing… — Kenneth Anger Copy Share Image
“Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
There is a long standing tradition of using code to evade censorship in China, so that goes on. The trouble is the… — John Palfrey Copy Share Image
“Of course it was not only the law that interfered with our management of the paper. The politicians, too, soon took a… — Ernst von Salomon Copy Share Image