“Why did they devise censorship? To show a world which doesn’t exist, an ideal world, or what they envisaged as the ideal… — Krzysztof Kieślowski Copy Share Image
Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct propaganda there must… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
You have to be down here in the States to realize just how tightly controlled the corporate media is and how much… — Jello Biafra 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
Censorship is not an occupation that attracts intelligent, subtle minds. Censors can and often have been outwitted. But the game of slipping… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“We appreciate your coming to us with a copy of your letter to your sister, but it was unnecessary. Your offense was… — Mark Dunn Copy Share Image
For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that… — John Milton 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
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
We should build respect and understanding between the diverse cultures of the world. We should help construct communities where people of different… — Alexandra Byrne Copy Share Image
When you publish a book, you do so in part to end the silence. All censorship is silence. I would never, as… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that's the most dangerous kind of censorship - that's how hegemony works. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship. — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
The problem is, as a company, if you attempt to streamline knowledge or try to limit information you get accused of censorship.… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
“Every day, librarians enforce copyright policies that we may disagree with and that, in some ways, run contrary to the values of… — R. David Lankes Copy Share Image
“Like water leaking slowly through a dike to become a steady trickle or a flood, words and ideas inexorably elude the censor's… — Margaret Bald Copy Share Image
I never make moral judgments; I'm not qualified to do so. I am not a censor, a priest, or a politician. — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It seems now that the place where you see the most obvious censorship is on college campuses -- the precise place where… — Alan Charles Kors Copy Share Image
“Some of the choices teenagers make are morally and practically wrong. Some of my characters do things I hope my child won't.… — Rachel Vail Copy Share Image
It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Every legislative limitation upon utterance, however valid, may in a particular case serve as an inroad upon the freedom of speech which… — Stanley Forman Reed 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