“In the past, censorship worked by blocking the flow of information. In the 21st century, censorship works by flooding people with irrelevant… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. — Golda Meir 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
“Have you ever gotten a bad review, Master Huud?" "Hundreds of them." "Do they hurt?" "Of course. But you get over it.… — Katie Waitman Copy Share Image
As we see censorship it is a stupid giant traffic policeman answering "Yes" to "Am I my brother's copper?" He guards a… — Franklin P. Adams Copy Share Image
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a way because it can't be seen fully.… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
We have this sort of tacit censorship, which is the ratings system, and it's directly tied to box office, so it is… — Robert Zemeckis Copy Share Image
Scholars, who pride themselves on speaking their minds, often engage in a form of self-censorship which is called "realism." To be "realistic"… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. — Tommy Smothers Copy Share Image
I fear that the impact of university censorship and university denial of due process will be to mis-educate a generation of students… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Once the censorship board clears a film, there should not be any other obstacle for a film's theatrical run. — Shoojit Sircar Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago the forces of freedom challenged this idea. The children of the new enlightenment rose up to defy the… — Sherwin Wine Copy Share Image
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
People have a right to be shocked; the mention of unmentionable things is a kind of participation in them. — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
The only place we were really told to tone it down - where other people would use the word censorship, but I… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
“The important thing for you to remember, Montag, is we're the Happiness Boys, the Dixie Duo, you and I and the others.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The yin to the yang of caring is that sadness is felt just that much more because that caring is so deep.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a popular saying that the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. Desire and innovation will trump policy, the… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
“Earthlog 3002-3003 In many of the monkey nations of earth their local governments often ban books, and yet not a single earth… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Well, part of the thing is, like, what's the difference between censorship and social responsibility? I sometimes find that the whole censorship… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
In societies like the American and West European where the dynamics of energy come from freedom and where the climate and the… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
The case against censoring anything is absolute: ... nothing that could be censored can be so bad in its effects, in the… — Katharine Whitehorn Copy Share Image
