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I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
For many years there have been treatments available which are successful and usually NOT harmful for diseases, such as AIDS, cancer, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, organ… — Unknown Author
When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is… — Edward Albee
The spectacle of a judge pouring over the picture of some nude, trying to ascertain the extent to which she arouses prurient interests, and then… — Thurman Arnold
The freedom to share one's insights and judgments verbally or in writing is, just like the freedom to think, a holy and inalienable right of… — Unknown Author
The artist, viewing his fellows through his personal vision, has through the ages attempted to portray what he sees and to present his understanding of… — Unknown Author
So I have no grounds to complain; on the contrary, writers should consider the condition of permanent controversiality to be invigorating, part of the risk… — Gunter Grass
It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate… — William O. Douglas
If a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all. — Vaclav Havel
I look upon those who would deny others the right to urge and argue their position, however irksome and pernicious they may seem, as intellectual… — William Borah
Censorship is the mother of metaphor. — Jorge Luis Borges
As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it ends. — Jeremy Bentham
Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward. — Ai Weiwei
Already the writers are complaining that there is too much freedom. They need some pressure. The worse your daily life, the better your art. If… — Tatyana Tolstaya
Imprisoning philosophy within the professionalizations and specializations of an institutionalized curriculum, after the manner of our contemporary European and North American culture, is arguably a… — Alasdair MacIntyre
Censorship, telling people how to live their lives I completely disagree with. — M. Shadows
Chinese central government doesn't need to even lead public opinion: it just selectively stops censorship. In other words, just as censorship is a political tool,… — Michael Anti
Those who call for censorship in the name of the oppressed ought to recognize it is never the oppressed who determine the bounds of censorship. — Unknown Author
To say "I accept" in an age like our own is to say that you accept concentration-camps, rubber truncheons, Hitler, Stalin, bombs, aeroplanes, tinned food,… — George Orwell
While I've found many of the religious shows I've viewed over the years not to be to my liking, or in line with my own… — Bill Hicks
Liberals are not about choice; they are about imposition. The way they live, the way they believe, must be imposed on people, otherwise they won't… — Rush Limbaugh
Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country that… — Langston Hughes
I believe in censorship when it benefits me. — Howard Stern
The worst kind of censorship is the kind that takes place in your own mind before you sit down to a typewriter. — Paddy Chayefsky
Censorship that comes from the outside assumes about people an inability to make reasoned choices. — George Carlin

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