Books of apostates, heretics, schismatics, and all other writers defending heresy or schism or in any attacking the foundations of religion, are… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
“I hate it that Americans are taught to fear some books and some ideas as though they were diseases.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
What is also strange to me is that public libraries have always been in the forefront of opposing censorship. — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
Censorship that comes from the outside assumes about people an inability to make reasoned choices. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“For, let's face it, digression is the soul of wit. Take philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and… — Ray Bradbury 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
He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Replacing one word for another is ridiculous... The intention of it is where the problem resides, not in the spelling and pronunciation.” — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
No totalitarian censor can approach the implacability of the censor who controls the line of communication between the outer world and our… — Eric Hoffer 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
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
“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
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
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
One of the curious things about censorship is that no one seems to believe in it for himself. We want censorship to… — Edgar Dale 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
“Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to… — Michael Kimmelman Copy Share Image
There shouldn't be any censorship. This is America. There shouldn't be any of this freedom of the press, freedom of expression, but… — Bruce Campbell Copy Share Image
“Gradual change is in principle, of course, a good idea, certainly in countries where a blatant disregard for civil liberties go hand… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
In the thirties a whole school of criticism bogged down intellectually in those agitprop, social-realistic days. A play had to be progressive.… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
The State has always one purpose: to limit, control, subordinate the individual and subject him to the general purpose Through its censorship,… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement. I find the hypocritical aspect disconcerting, to… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
“Interesting fact: Though the Calm Act was unprecedented in stripping U.S. citizens of their basic Constitutional freedoms, it was surprisingly well-received in… — Ginger Booth Copy Share Image
It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
One of the greatest threats facing book publishing, and the entire country for that matter, is censorship. — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
There is something challenging in shooting something in just one day and there is freedom knowing there is going to be no… — Tahir Raj Bhasin Copy Share Image
I'm vociferously against any ban in the society. You have to educate people instead. When you ban something, you invoke in them… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
Music is an artform, and I always though art was beyond censorship. I thought this was a common view. Apparently, I was… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and… — Pat Paulsen Copy Share Image
In censorship battles, single vociferous individuals exert remarkable power. More reasonable individuals may concede to avoid confrontation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our studies have shown that China's online censorship systems are by far the most sophisticated and extensive in the world. — John Palfrey Copy Share Image
Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The problem is that censors create the concept of obscenity. By supposedly trying to protect us they form an absurd concept of… — Catherine Breillat 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
“Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always will be the last resort… — Eugene Gladstone O'Neill Copy Share Image
“Freedom of speech is detestable only to those who have no desire to think for themselves.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The term "political correctness" has always appalled me, reminding me of Orwell's "Thought Police" and fascist regimes.” — Helmut Newton Copy Share Image
If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to… — Franklin D Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
