“Emperors uphold censorship, But extreme repression leads to extreme reaction. Individualists believe in freedom, But extreme expression leads to extreme reaction.” — Ming-Dao Deng Copy Share Image
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The prime goal of censorship is to promote ignorance, whether it is done via lying and bowdlerized school texts or by attacking… — Felice Picano Copy Share Image
“People trying to force their agenda on my by deciding how I'm permitted to speak is offensive.” — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
“A safe and inclusive society is worthless if a person cannot speak their mind. Censorship and manufactured outrage are the problem and… — Carmine Savastano Copy Share Image
Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Censorship should never be allowed. One should be able to say anything. But I refuse to let politics be foisted on me. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Medical studies have shown that cursing reduces levels of stress and pain. Repressing your anger is not healthy. It's much better to… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
... a phallocentric culture is more likely to begin its censorship purges with books on pelvic self-examination for women or bookscontaining lyrical… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
Alex Jones is not the first broadcaster targeted by intolerant left-wing activists. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, and others… — Jesse Lee Peterson 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
[Sigmund ] Freud did not under-stand that the dream is a highly creative act, written in the universal language of symbolism, and… — Erich Fromm 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
“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
“In this age of censorship I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
The problem is, as a company, if you attempt to streamline knowledge or try to limit information you get accused of censorship.… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I don't agree with most forms of censorship, and I especially don't agree with the idea that one needs to be from… — Shepard Fairey Copy Share Image
“Books can be immensely powerful. The ideas in them can change the way people think. Yet it was the Nazis and Stalin's… — John Farndon Copy Share Image
“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“We were thirsty for some form of beauty, even in an incomprehensible, overintellectual, abstract film with no subtitles and censored out of… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“The current wave of book banning sweeping the country has created a chilling effect on our education system and the purchasing of… — Amanda Jones Copy Share Image
The question isn't whether or not to censor artists who espouse misogynistic views. The question is whether or not we support them… — Dessa Darling Copy Share Image
You know how screwed up censorship is, two girls just agreed to make out naked in front of their fathers, and we… — Artie Lange Copy Share Image
A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral,… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Secrecy, censorship, dishonesty, and blocking of communication threaten all the basic needs. — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
I consider the official Catholic attitude on divorce, birth control, and censorship exceedingly dangerous to mankind. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a way because it can't be seen fully.… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
We can speak our honest minds without compromise and without censorship and to each other and to our people. We can take… — Glenn Miller Copy Share Image
It takes a strong stomach and a thick skin to be a female activist fighting online censorship in Pakistan. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing. — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset. — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
Every legislative limitation upon utterance, however valid, may in a particular case serve as an inroad upon the freedom of speech which… — Stanley Forman Reed Copy Share Image
“[M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that's the most dangerous kind of censorship - that's how hegemony works. — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
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![“They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder, writers advocating censorship, philosophers judging the merits of thinkers and authors, not according to the value of their contributions…” quote by Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/ludwig-von-mises-364_achievement_they-intellectuals-coined-most-of-the-sl_1301761.jpg)
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