Calling Quote by David Mamet

Self-censorship, the most important and most successful form of censorship, is rampant. Debate is identified with dissent, which is in turn identified with disloyalty.…

— Susan Sontag

“The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of…

— Henry Steele Commager

Is it really beyond our wits to devise some form of censorship which would trap only the crudely sadistic?

— Storm Jameson

“And that's the most horrible thing about censorship: To avoid falling afoul of the censors, we question ourselves and censor ourselves and make a…

— G.R. Reader

I feel instead of censorship, we need to self-regulate ourselves while producing any kind of content.

— Raftaar

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered…

— Anonymous

Even if censorship might encourage creative ways to circumvent it, it still slows down progress and our ability to realise our full creative potential.…

— Lucien Bourjeily

Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of 'The Giver': the world where there are no bad words and no bad deeds.…

— Lois Lowry

Let us be clear: censorship is cowardice. ... It masks corruption. It is a school of torture: it teaches, and accustoms one to the…

— Pablo Antonio Cuadra

Censorship that comes from the outside assumes about people an inability to make reasoned choices.

— George Carlin

“We are victims of censorship within when we do not let ourselves think the thoughts which our flesh recoils from, or let conscience speak…

— Ben Okri

“However much we champion freedom of thought, we actually spend much of our time censoring input. We seek out publications that mirror or support…

— Robert Trivers