“If you truly hate censorship then you will defend anyone that is unfairly censored. Everyone deserves their legal rights, even when they… — C.A.A. Savastano Copy Share Image
“The most effective system of Internet control is not the one that has the most sophisticated and draconian system of censorship, but… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Although Elon did purchase Twitter, we're still seeing massive censorship and we really can't even begin to have discussions about how to… — Anna Paulina Luna Copy Share Image
One thing is for sure-none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The world protested our invasion of Iraq, but the people of America were never made aware of that - through the censorship… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
I do not know what has caused MacKinnon to become, and, more surprisingly, to remain, so obsessed with pornography, and so zealous… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't want the government to be censoring people, I don't think there should be censoring boards, but I think that means… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable. I remember at the very beginning… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
“Literary censorship should not be necessary within the parameters of the law because it's simply a reflection of prevailing social prejudices! Writing… — Jack Tar Copy Share Image
“Those of us who oppose censorship believe that reading about something is a safe way to explore and understand it, and that… — Joan Bertin Copy Share Image
“And wasn't it this bright boy you selected for beating and tortures after hours? Of course it was. We must all be… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Europeans often laugh about how prudish Americans are, when it comes to sex. In Europe, sexuality is a normal part of life.… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“I was winning awards, getting raises, lecturing college classes, appearing on TV shows, and judging journalism contests. And then I wrote some… — Gary Webb Copy Share Image
“It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Once a paper admits any principle of censorship for survival, the we-don't-want-to-do-it-but-we-don't-want-to-lose-the-printer kind of censorship, it jeopardizes the integrity of its editorial… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
When there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious. Where there is none, it is pretty certain that… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
If a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all. — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship — Ben Lindsey Copy Share Image
“Calling a book "Young Adult" is just a fancy way of saying the book is censored.” — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
“To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.” — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
We hold that no person or set of persons can properly establish a standard of expression for others. — William Randolph Hearst Copy Share Image
Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
The worst kind of censorship is the kind that takes place in your own mind before you sit down to a typewriter. — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
Overall there may be less censorship in America than in China, but censorship and self-censorship are not only from political pressure, but… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
London's Windmill Theater grew famous for its nude tableaux. During the 1940 and 1950, this theater overcame the objections of censors by… — Lynda Bellingham Copy Share Image
It's always considered bad taste to comment on a tragedy right when it's happening, but I love when something is considered too… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
The more freely information flows, the stronger the society becomes, because then citizens of countries around the world can hold their own… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Those who call for censorship in the name of the oppressed ought to recognize it is never the oppressed who determine the… — Aryeh Neier Copy Share Image
Homo-sexuals should not be censored, but neither should those who oppose their point of view. That's called free speech. — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
Calling China's online censorship system a 'Great Firewall' is increasingly trendy, but misleading. All walls, being the creation of engineers, can be… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“We fear storms and wild beasts, but we do not censor them. If we must guard ourselves from evil influences we thereby… — Philip Slater Copy Share Image
I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your… — Katey Sagal Copy Share Image
We all know that books burn, yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image