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
“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
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
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
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 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
“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
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
For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
History isn't like that. History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.… — Ray Bradbury 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
What other developed democracy has such a ridiculous and squalid history of intolerance? From the imprisonment and roasting of heretics, witches and… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
One of the problems of truth being censored for a really long time is that people lose the ability to intuit what… — Salman Rushdie 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
“Interesting fact: Though the Calm Act was unprecedented in stripping U.S. citizens of their basic Constitutional freedoms, it was surprisingly well-received in… — Ginger Booth 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
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
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
“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
My biggest thing has always been privacy. With an interview such as this where the questions are about me, I struggle to… — Garrett Hedlund Copy Share Image
Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Here we have bishops, priests, and deacons, a Censorship Board, vigilant librarians, confraternities and sodalities, Duce Maria, Legions of Mary, Knights of… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
Never in my life have I seen an unholy trinity of censorship like I've seen with the power of government, big tech,… — Clay Travis Copy Share Image
I believe in any kid's ability to read any book and form their own judgements. It's the job of a parent to… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
To say "I accept" in an age like our own is to say that you accept concentration-camps, rubber truncheons, Hitler, Stalin, bombs,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In… — E. M. Forster 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
“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
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
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
“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
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
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
“Critical voices have to care about history. We have to care about the way in which things get controlled in the past… — Martin Baker Copy Share Image
In China, the rules of the market are not always that transparent. So it's very hard. Also, the national TV networks are… — Yang Lan Copy Share Image
Access to the outside world is preventing more censorship. I do think information flow is happening in China. .. There's no doubt… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“It is astounding that Google, whose corporate philosophy is ‘don’t be evil,’ would enable evil by cooperating with China’s censorship policies just… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
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