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
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
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
Persons who undertake to pry into, or cleanse out all the filth of a common sewer, either cannot have very nice noses,… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I unintentionally slaughter sacred cows in public venues and speak my mind even when I have lost it. I often open my… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible. — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
If you care for the quality of life in our American democracy, then you have to be for censorship. — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
Propaganda by censorship takes two forms: the selective control of information to favour a particular viewpoint, and the deliberate doctoring of information… — James A.C. Brown 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
Nothing is harmful to literature except censorship, and that almost never stops literature going where it wants to go either, because literature… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
Decades of indoctrination, manipulation, censorship and KGB excursions haven't altered this fact: People want a piece of their own little Something-or-Other, and,… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
What I tell kids is don't get mad (about censorship) get even. Run, don't walk, to the first library you can find,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of 'The Giver': the world where there are no bad words and no… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as "political correctness", constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas 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
It's censorship, really. I don't see why it's not okay for somebody under the age of 17 watch someone smoking when they… — Emily Mortimer Copy Share Image
If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
For many years there have been treatments available which are successful and usually NOT harmful for diseases, such as AIDS, cancer, cystic… — Charles C. Pixley Copy Share Image
I am not a conservative but I have spoken out for years against the staggering amount blind hatred directed at black conservatives… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
“This book is irrelevant to Goodreads because you can’t buy it on Amazon. Also it talks about oppression, censorship etc. and no… — G.R. Reader 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
“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
No member of society has the right to teach any doctrine contrary to what 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
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
In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement. — Alanis Morissette 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
I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art. — Alanis Morissette 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
“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
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
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
A dreary censorship, and self-censorship, has been imposed on books by the centralization of the book industry. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
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