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I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting… — Tom Petty
I never make moral judgments; I'm not qualified to do so. I am not a censor, a priest, or a politician. — Federico Fellini
One thing is for sure-none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that the American public… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of… — Fidel Castro
No art ever survived censorship; no art ever will. — Oscar Wilde
I have never feared that the revolution would be engendered by the universities; but that at them a whole generation of revolutionaries must be formed,… — Klemens von Metternich
Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. — Charles Bukowski
The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship. — John Paul Stevens
England has been praised for turning out intelligent, adult pictures whereas Hollywood has been severely censured for turning out junk. I don't think criticism is… — John Garfield
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles. — George Bernard Shaw
Censorship is a strange situation. There was times when people would burn books because they didn't like what people were doing. — Michael Berryman
When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free. — Orhan Pamuk
I do not know what has caused MacKinnon to become, and, more surprisingly, to remain, so obsessed with pornography, and so zealous for censorship. But… — Richard Posner
We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which… — Kathy Acker
Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct propaganda there must be some barrier… — Walter Lippmann
In societies like the American and West European where the dynamics of energy come from freedom and where the climate and the whole ethos are… — Max Lerner
There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger… — John F. Kennedy
The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of the press. In… — William O. Douglas
If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the most… — Judy Blume
The State has always one purpose: to limit, control, subordinate the individual and subject him to the general purpose Through its censorship, its supervision, and… — Max Stirner
[T]he German censorship forbade or mutilated my every book, which was like sticking pins into my soul... — Israel Zangwill
Churchmen are quick to defend religious freedom; lawyers were never so universally aroused as by President Roosevelt's Court bill; newspapers are most alert to civil… — Earl Warren
Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals,… — Ambrose Bierce
We live in far too permissive a society. Never before has pornography been this rampant. And those films are so badly lit! — Woody Allen
Persons who undertake to pry into, or cleanse out all the filth of a common sewer, either cannot have very nice noses, or will soon… — William Hazlitt

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