I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you… — Tim Robbins Copy Share Image
Popular culture, in all its crudeness, is the output of liberals. It is liberalism that for decades has rejected any protest as… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
“of bandwidth and other infrastructure far from universally available as well as issues of censorship in” — Cathy N. Davidson Copy Share Image
SeLF censorsHIP? Not my strong suit...I dont want to be a total d o u c h e b a g ,… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. — Potter Stewart Copy Share Image
The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Democrats want more censorship, not less, as long as it silences conservative voices. — Miranda Devine Copy Share Image
We all know that books burn, yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If only it were God's will that printed and written materials have as much influence on the people as the princes and… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huck Finn' for adults exclusively, and it always distressed me when I find that boys and girls… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
As a journalist, you know you are doing your job properly when you manage to upset rich, powerful and entitled people who… — Guy Adams Copy Share Image
Overall there may be less censorship in America than in China, but censorship and self-censorship are not only from political pressure, but… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open and that...may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
“A world where you cannot even speak to another person without worrying about what they are going to think of you, has… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Anti-intellectualism ... has been present in some form and degree in most societies; in one it takes the form of the administering… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
What other developed democracy has such a ridiculous and squalid history of intolerance? From the imprisonment and roasting of heretics, witches and… — Stephen Fry 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
If politically infused music is denied airplay, music reviews or festival stage time because it is considered "politics" rather than "art", then… — Moddi Copy Share Image
History isn't like that. History unravels gently, like an old sweater. It has been patched and darned many times, reknitted to suit… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Our time prides itself on having finally achieved the freedom from censorship for which libertarians in all ages have struggled...The credit for… — Joseph Weizenbaum Copy Share Image
As a form of moral insurance, at least, literature is much more dependable than a system of beliefs or a philosophical doctrine.… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“A word to the unwise. Torch every book. Char every page. Burn every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
The solution to voters potentially being misled by a judicial candidate's political speech is more speech - not government censorship. — Amul Thapar Copy Share Image
I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself. — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
“Mainstream features can turn into ventures when you fender their venders and set off their censors.” — Calvin W. Allison Copy Share Image
Only the continuous and steady application of the methods for suppressing a doctrine, etc., makes it possible for a plan to succeed. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
“The worst thing to tell a free people in a country that's still mostly free is that they are not allowed to… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
Heretical views arise when the truth is uncertain, and it is only when the truth is uncertain that censorship is invoked. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so. — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances - from my grave even… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
It is good for the industry because there is no censorship on OTT content. Having said that, along with boldness also comes… — Mallika Sherawat Copy Share Image
I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
Only in the struggle between two philosophies can the weapon of brutal force, persistently and ruthlessly applied, lead to a decision for… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Censors are dead men set up to judge between life and death. For no live, sunny man would be a censor, he'd… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I will never allow another individual to turn my voice into an echo, for I was not born to be censored! — Ruben Ledesma Copy Share Image
