America Quote by Max Lerner

“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

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

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

We don't live in a culture of censorship, such as the Soviet Union's; we live in a culture where there is too much information,…

— Anne Applebaum

I like the idea that there's no censorship, because it's consistent with my views that we live in a free society and people ought…

— Jerry Springer

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.

— Potter Stewart

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

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others.

— Charles Bukowski

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

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

— Potter Stewart

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability…

— Charles Bukowski

We cannot have a society, in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States.

— Barack Obama