And although I'm all for freedom of expression and against censorship, there are certain things I'm not willing to go to jail… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
“Media censorship is a prohibition of words and pictures. The war on drugs is a complete failure, and so is the American… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
It's censorship, really. I don't see why it's not okay for somebody under the age of 17 watch someone smoking when they… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It takes a strong stomach and a thick skin to be a female activist fighting online censorship in Pakistan. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
One of the curious things about censorship is that no one seems to want it for himself. We want censorship to protect… — Edgar Dale Copy Share Image
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles. — George Bernard Shaw 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
“Any given censor is a fool. The very fact that he is a censor indicates that.” — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
Cisco has not and does not design products for the purpose of political censorship. — Marc Chandler Copy Share Image
If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to… — Franklin D Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I will not ascribe to the 'Blame America' club for vicious abuses of human rights, systemic exploitation of Cuban labor, unrelenting repression,… — Bob Menendez Copy Share Image
Americans are attracted to the dark side. But which movies should be allowed to be violent and show that dark side, and… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
It [defending Salmon Rushdie] was, if I can phrase it like this, a matter of everything I hated versus everything I loved.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
No one can bar the road to truth, and to advance its cause I am prepared to accept even death. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The function of the censor is to censor. He has a professional interest in finding things to suppress. — Thomas I. Emerson Copy Share Image
Although I don't believe in censorship, I believe an artist is very responsible for his actions. Especially if he's a young artist… — Al B. Sure Copy Share Image
Censorship should never go. But we can always give a little more space to the director. — Mani Ratnam Copy Share Image
But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at… — Eugenio Montale Copy Share Image
Many novelists say, "I'm not a political novelist" - myself included. That's a standard, even a default position. Whereas that divide between… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
As I age, the filters between my mind and my mouth get used less and less and the unsuspecting world gets to… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
I look upon those who would deny others the right to urge and argue their position, however irksome and pernicious they may… — William Borah 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
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