Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I don't want to be shut out from the truth. If they ban books, they might as well lock us away from… — Rory Edwards Copy Share Image
Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas. — Pete Hautman Copy Share Image
Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me. — Judy Blume 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
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
Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address… — James Howe Copy Share Image
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Crankish attacks on the freedom to read are common at present. When backed and coordinated by organized groups, they become sinister. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind… — Stephen Chbosky 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
“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
“Well, the man who first translated the bible into English was burned at the stake, and they've been at it ever since.… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Copy Share Image
First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible… — Anthony Kennedy 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
“I wanted for that other place. I wanted for the part of the world where I believed there existed a fundamental kind… — Omar El Akkad Copy Share Image
But libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education (which is not a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
[Confiscating a book and punishing its author] is a sign that one does not have a good case, or at least doesn't… — Laszlo Radvanyi Copy Share Image
The Library is an open sanctuary. It is devoted to individual intellectual inquiry and contemplation. Its function is to provide free access… — Robert G. Vosper Copy Share Image
One thing about having mostly absent parents that I think was perhaps "good" for the development of my intellect/writing is that I… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested,… — Anthony Kennedy 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
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
When you tell filthy jokes as if they were all really serious, and happening all in the life of one family, it… — Momus Copy Share Image
“All writers and their readers should stand up and voice their opposition to financial services companies censoring books. Authors should have the… — Mark Coker Copy Share Image
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
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