“What’s ensued is a battle over ethical conduct, artistic freedom, and censorship in which every side—the activist zealots who threatened violence, the… — Andrea K. Scott Copy Share Image
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Since he took power over half a century ago, Fidel Castro proved to be a brutal dictator who must always be remembered… — Bob Menendez Copy Share Image
Censorship no longer works by hiding information from you; censorship works by flooding you with immense amounts of misinformation, of irrelevant information,… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Even if censorship might encourage creative ways to circumvent it, it still slows down progress and our ability to realise our full… — Lucien Bourjeily Copy Share Image
If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
Every writer's difficult journey is a movement from silence to speech. We must be intensely private and interior in order to find… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
“When society gives censors wide and vague powers they never confine themselves to deserving targets. They are not snipers, but machine-gunners. Allow… — Nick Cohen Copy Share Image
Nothing threatens freedom of the personality and the meaning of life like war, poverty, terror. But there are also indirect and only… — Andrei Sakharov Copy Share Image
“They began by controlling books of cartoons and then detective books and, of course, films, one way or another, one group or… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
In Europe, the Enlightenment of the 18th century was seen as a battle against the desire of the Church to limit intellectual… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Students throughout the totalitarian world risk life and limb for freedom of expression, many American college students are demanding that big brother… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago the forces of freedom challenged this idea. The children of the new enlightenment rose up to defy the… — Sherwin Wine Copy Share Image
I am not asking for government censorship or any other kind of censorship. I am asking whether a kind of censorship already… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
Mexico just needs more journalists, and especially more good places to publish and exhibit. There are all kinds of censorship practiced in… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
I have a really good idea of who my readers are and always write with a sensitivity to my audience. I use… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching the… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
I have never feared that the revolution would be engendered by the universities; but that at them a whole generation of revolutionaries… — Klemens von Metternich Copy Share Image
Wherever information gathers and flows, two predators follow closely behind it: censorship and surveillance. The case of digital money is no exception.… — Sarah Jeong Copy Share Image
Censorship is a stupid thing. There should be certification, and not censorship. People are smart enough to understand that if a film… — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
I don't approve of censorship. I like the French theatre idea. Put on the play, and if the audience doesn't care for… — John Huston Copy Share Image
If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Government censorship of speech with which it disagrees not only violates the First Amendment, but is antithetical to the American system, which… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
Well, part of the thing is, like, what's the difference between censorship and social responsibility? I sometimes find that the whole censorship… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
“Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read." [As quoted… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Do… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“A child's parents should be able to forbid their son or daughter from reading a book of mine or anyone else's. However,… — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
Chinese central government doesn't need to even lead public opinion: it just selectively stops censorship. In other words, just as censorship is… — Michael Anti Copy Share Image
“If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the… — Louis Brandeis Copy Share Image
Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people; the [party] organization embraces within its scope only those who do not… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
All the history of the stage is a struggle, the gasping of a beautiful child born at the point of death. The… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Once a paper admits any principle of censorship for survival, the we-don't-want-to-do-it-but-we-don't-want-to-lose-the-printer kind of censorship, it jeopardizes the integrity of its editorial… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I don't want the government to be censoring people, I don't think there should be censoring boards, but I think that means… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
When there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious. Where there is none, it is pretty certain that… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
You have to be careful as a news organization that you don't fall into voluntary censorship, that you worry about offending your… — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I hadn't seen 'The Devils' until about two months before we started writing 'Apostle.' It would always play in documentaries about extreme… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
One thing is for sure-none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
![“Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read." [As quoted in Literary Censorship in England (in Current Opinion , Vol. 55, No. 5, November 1913)]” quote by George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/george-bernard-shaw-68_books_censorship-ends-in-logical-completeness_2466063.png)
![“If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence." [ Whitney v. California , 274 U.S. 357 (1927)]” quote by Louis Brandeis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/louis-brandeis-69139_argument_if-there-be-time-to-expose-through-discu_2795212.jpg)
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