Asks Quote by Laura Poitras Download Open image “I think it's radical to censor information because the government asks you to. That's radical.” — Laura Poitras ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Asks Government Information Politics Radical Thinking
In 'The Transparent Society,' I am actually no radical. I accept that some secrecy is necessary and avow that human beings have an intrinsic… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“The tendency to want what has been banned and therefore to presume that it is more worthwhile is not limited to such commodities as… — Robert B. Cialdini Copy Share Image
"Radicalized" is a new keyword for you to understand that allows our government to not say "terrorism." — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself. — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. — William Westmoreland Copy Share Image
I'm not against censorship in principle. Not at all. Some things should be censored. — Paul Morrissey Copy Share Image
I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts. — James Harvey Robinson Copy Share Image
I regard it as ethically unacceptable and impractical to censor any aspect of trying to understand the nature of our world. — Lewis Wolpert Copy Share Image
“In the past, censorship worked by blocking the flow of information. In the 21st century, censorship works by flooding people with irrelevant information. People… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
It's enshrined in our Constitution that an individual has a right to release information and disseminate information that makes the powers that be uncomfortable. — Moby Copy Share Image
Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Part of the power of the Internet is that information flows out there and it's generally not censored and it's generally not controlled by… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals... — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
In terms of sources coming forward, I really reject this idea of talking about one, two, three sources. There are many sources that have… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
Just consider the CIA and its effort to suppress the Senate's review of its torture program. Take in the fact that we live in… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
I was in correspondence with an anonymous source for about five months and in the process of developing a dialogue you build ideas, of… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
There are people who are always going to try to engage in activity that is illegal and they're going to try to subvert surveillance.… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
Snowden has presented us with choices on how we want to move forward into the future. We're at a crossroads and we still don't… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
In all my work, I'm interested in trying to understand the human consequences of government policies. — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
We've already seen shifts happening in some of the big companies - Google, Apple - that now understand how vulnerable their customer data is,… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
I think one of the most shocking things is how little our elected officials knew about what the NSA was doing. Congress is learning… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
We're definitely in an era where the government wants to keep more secrets and it wants to come after anyone who's exposing those secrets… — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
The free software community should be supported more widely. I’m totally in solidarity with what they do. — Laura Poitras Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I don't wear a watch because I want my arms to weigh the same. So if somebody asks me what time it is, I… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes. — Neve Campbell Copy Share Image
Freedom in every sense but primarily political sense, a rise in repression that stems from a repression of sexuality. It's AIDS, it's herpes, it's… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time. — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
Success will come when the societal attitude changes and not a single woman in America asks herself the question 'What did I do?'. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in this country-when… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate. — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
For someone to ask 'Who did you play for' and to be able to answer a single name 'Liverpool' that would be brilliant...I don't… — Jamie Carragher Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image