Censorship Quote by Matthew Lesko

“The current wave of book banning sweeping the country has created a chilling effect on our education system and the purchasing of books in…

— Amanda Jones

“[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960] ”

— John F. Kennedy

It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries…

— Paula Poundstone

Censorship is a strange situation. There was times when people would burn books because they didn't like what people were doing.

— Michael Berryman

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960]

— John F. Kennedy

Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.

— Cecil B. DeMille

I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important.

— Bernardo Bertolucci

“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

The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to.

— Studs Terkel

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.

— John F. Kennedy

Censorship has kind of disappeared in a way because everything is accessible online.

— Cliff Martinez

The sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be... Censorship cannot get at the…

— Granville Hicks