The function of the censor is to censor. He has a professional interest in finding things to suppress. — Thomas I. Emerson Copy Share Image
Censorship is a really big deal, but online you don't have anything. You have slightly more freedom. — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
I am entirely against censorship. It goes against my basic grain - a mature society need not be told what to do. — Tisca Chopra Copy Share Image
A dreary censorship, and self-censorship, has been imposed on books by the centralization of the book industry. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
China's censorship and propaganda systems may be complex and multilayered, but they are obviously not well coordinated. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
No member of a society has a right to teach any doctrine contrary to what the society holds to be true. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
As long as it is supported by Democratic politicians and by liberal Hollywood players, censorship is a useful tool to stifle dissent. — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement. — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
While I've found many of the religious shows I've viewed over the years not to be to my liking, or in line… — Bill Hicks 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
Although I don't believe in censorship, I believe an artist is very responsible for his actions. Especially if he's a young artist… — Al B. Sure Copy Share Image
Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind,… — Theodore Schroeder Copy Share Image
“While much of the media is driven by social media "clicks", the alphabet soup continuously endeavors to protect democrats by consistently complimenting… — Alex Mel Copy Share Image
“Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct a propaganda there… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“If your written words become literal nails to crucify you with, then you have done your job well. You provoked a reaction,… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
People who believe in freedom of expression have spent several centuries fighting against censorship, in whatever form. We have to be certain… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands of industry groups and governments, and we are - increasingly, I think - seeing important… — Sue Gardner Copy Share Image
“I have a real issue with anyone trying to protect children from their own imaginations. If we cannot acknowledge that a lot… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“The space between the private and the public is the nexus of the personal and the social, if not political. It’s where… — John Capecci and Timothy Cage Copy Share Image
England has been praised for turning out intelligent, adult pictures whereas Hollywood has been severely censured for turning out junk. I don't… — John Garfield Copy Share Image
“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control; About who is snapping the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Any test that turns on what is offensive to the community's standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Churchmen are quick to defend religious freedom; lawyers were never so universally aroused as by President Roosevelt's Court bill; newspapers are most… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
“If you love freedom, if you think the human condition is dignified by privacy, by the right to be left alone, by… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
I don't want to be shut out from the truth. If they ban books, they might as well lock us away from… — Rory Edwards Copy Share Image
Our civilisation cannot afford to let the censor-moron loose. The censor-moron does not really hate anything but the living and growing human… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education. — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
“Controlling the internet is a powerful tool for increasingly confident autocracies.” — Roger Spitz Copy Share Image
“The goons are at the gate again. Beware my friends, lest they be you. (from "Censorship")” — Stan Rice Copy Share Image
Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty… — Daniel Gillies Copy Share Image
In most cases, the only genuine victims of the 'safe places' demands for censorship are conservative student groups and their invited guest… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical. — Robert Bourassa Copy Share Image
Child labor, not a problem. Censorship, not a problem. Torture, not a problem. Chewing gum in China - oh, my God! You… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the… — Fidel Castro 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
And although I'm all for freedom of expression and against censorship, there are certain things I'm not willing to go to jail… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
“Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.” — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
