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
Make no mistake about it: the labeling of someone's language as 'sexist' involves a political judgment and implies the desirability of a… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in free speech. Common Sense's motto is sanity, not censorship. But I'm over the age of 18, and… — Jim Steyer Copy Share Image
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
The pressure for conformity is enormous. I have experienced it in editors’ rejection of submitted papers, based on venomous criticism of anonymous… — Julian Schwinger Copy Share Image
I hadn't seen 'The Devils' until about two months before we started writing 'Apostle.' It would always play in documentaries about extreme… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
Only in the struggle between two philosophies can the weapon of brutal force, persistently and ruthlessly applied, lead to a decision for… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Aside from the collective gain that comes from that free interchange of ideas, there is a direct personal value for the individual… — Charles Rembar Copy Share Image
“Our freedoms are vanishing. If you do not get active to take a stand now against all that is wrong while we… — Suzy Kassem 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
“The delay in the application of the policy to books has several explanations. For one thing, Blackshirts were not, nor have they… — Giuseppe Borgese Copy Share Image
Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model. — Rebecca MacKinnon 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
Many filmmakers have had that experience. They make a movie, then out of nowhere, they either pass censorship or fail. — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
Did you ever hear anyone say, 'That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very… — Joseph Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
The fact that we don't have censorship on the Internet really gives you a lot of freedom, as makers and creative people… — Bhumi Pednekar Copy Share Image
I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts. — James Harvey Robinson Copy Share Image
Censorship laws are blunt instruments, not sharp scalpels. Once enacted, they are easily misapplied to merely unpopular or only marginally dangerous speech. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I believe it is dangerous to think that the more extreme forms of censorship are more worthy of our attention. If we… — Moddi Copy Share Image
Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
A book is somehow sacred. A dictator can kill and maim people, can sink to any kind of tyranny and only be… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I resent the fact that a parental warning sticker has to be included on an album as cover art. To me that's… — Jeff Buckley 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
