“I wonder… if my letters had never been censored, would I understand freedom of speech?” — Mel Ellis Copy Share Image
We are in an era where censorship is creeping back in through the Patriot Act and where people are.. being intimidated not… — Gerald Nicosia 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
There are always forces at work in a society, which are really forces of censorship - either religious bodies or zealots who… — John Boorman Copy Share Image
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Ultimately, censorship comes down to taste. What offends me may enlighten you. Do you want me deciding-based on my taste-what you should… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder. For filth, I'm glad to say, is in the mind of… — Tom Lehrer 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
“The Wisdom of Solomon (Carl) They censor words not the things they denote: It would create less of a stir to drop… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I will never allow another individual to turn my voice into an echo, for I was not born to be censored! — Ruben Ledesma Copy Share Image
I certainly don't mean to suggest that all investigative journalism prior to 9/11 in the US was praiseworthy. But there were more… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Now, after I have published a few books, I can clearly feel the impact of censorship when I write. For example, I'll… — Murong Xuecun Copy Share Image
“Controlling the internet is a powerful tool for increasingly confident autocracies.” — Roger Spitz Copy Share Image
I don't engage in self-censorship. But I do change everybody to have red hair in the last draft. ... If you give… — Carol Bly 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
Are we to have a censor whose imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? And who… — Thomas Jefferson 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
These censorship people think something is going to promote behavior in people. — Max Cannon Copy Share Image
On things like censorship, I think everything should be allowed on television. You know, I mean anything. I don’t know who believes… — Richey Edwards Copy Share Image
