They still had the Lord Chamberlain, so we had this idiotic censorship. We were allowed three Jesus Christs instead of 10. Why… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
The court can, and must, only maintain its legitimacy through the dispensation of justice, not by coercion and censorship. — Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Copy Share Image
Is it really beyond our wits to devise some form of censorship which would trap only the crudely sadistic? — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of… — Bahman Ghobadi Copy Share Image
I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it's not censorship. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Censorship is certainly not the answer to controversial material and is inconsistent with our most basic constitutional values. — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
“Thus Hawkes (1975)maintained that pornography is not explicit sex, but 'uncaring sex,' but could add that '[t]o me, censorship is pornographic.” — Martha Cornog 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
“It says a lot about Sandberg’s brand of feminism that this campaign focuses on policing language rather than bringing attention to important… — Jessica Roy Copy Share Image
The territory has changed, and a lot of really good actors want to do cable series, but they don't necessarily want to… — Richard LaGravenese Copy Share Image
When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
To reject censorship after studying the risks involved is very well. To reject it ex cathedra, in the tones of Calvin pronouncing… — Storm Jameson 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
“The Wisdom of Solomon (Carl) They censor words not the things they denote: It would create less of a stir to drop… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“People are dying because of ignorance. They are dying because unremitting propaganda is denying them essential safety information. They are dying because… — Dominic Milton Trott Copy Share Image
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation… — John F. Kennedy 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
“Calling sex by its name thereafter [the 17th c.] became more difficult and more costly. As if in order to gain mastery… — Foucault Michel Copy Share Image
“If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The yin to the yang of caring is that sadness is felt just that much more because that caring is so deep.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Parents and other who complain often do so out of deep beliefs or convictions, and often in an effort to "protect" young… — Joan Bertin Copy Share Image
One of the problems of truth being censored for a really long time is that people lose the ability to intuit what… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Early American speeches, from Washington's to Patrick Henry's, have been detheologized in history textbooks. No one has called it censorship. — James G. Watt Copy Share Image
Censors, the whole idea of it, is so childish. You feel like you're talking to hall monitors in school again. — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
“bowdlerized, censored, suppressed and maybe even burned by the public hangman. But people who believe in this diabolical power of words and/or… — Christopher Hyatt 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
“[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960] ” — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice. — John Osborne Copy Share Image
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
There is a lot of censorship about writing that's exerted from all directions, from families or governments and society, even the fear… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
People must not think that all bad in man which is unleashed, the moment you impose censorship disappears from man. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin! — Mae West Copy Share Image
But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy. — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante 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 never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration. — G. D. H. Cole Copy Share Image
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