Censorship Quote by Mel Ellis Download Open image ““I wonder… if my letters had never been censored, would I understand freedom of speech?”” — Mel Ellis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Censorship Civil liberties Communication Freedom Freedom of speech
“It is impossible to stand for intellectual freedom without grappling with censorship.” — Frances M. Jones Copy Share Image
“Thus freedom of thought, in any valuable sense, includes freedom of speech.” — John Bagnell Bury Copy Share Image
“You can talk all you want about freedom of speech, but it's freedom of hearing that counts.” — Tommy Smothers Copy Share Image
“Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say want… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The right to free speech and the unrealistic expectation to never be offended can not coexist.” — Philip Sharp Copy Share Image
“It's freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences and/or ridicule.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
“Freedom of speech is not simply a freedom to think and say what you wish, but to speak for yourself, to speak from the… — Ian McCallum Copy Share Image
“Freedom of speech is detestable only to those who have no desire to think for themselves.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Our freedom of speech is not some cute, optional, anachronistic thing that you write about on a short answer quiz about school uniforms or some such silliness. Your freedom to assemble (e.g., Junto), to create and distribute content, and to express yourself (e.g., to ask a Klan member Why do you hate me when you don’t know me?), and to… — Brian Huskie Copy Share
“On the one hand, freedom of speech guarantees a lack of freedom.” — Tamerlan Kuzgov Copy Share Image
“Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
None of us would trade freedom of expression for the narrowness of the public censor. America is a free market for people who have… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
“Medical studies have shown that cursing reduces levels of stress and pain. Repressing your anger is not healthy. It's much better to verbalize it,… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“Censors don’t want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
We must be talented, powerful and resilient creatures indeed given how much we manage to produce despite the constant undercutting, ridicule and needless censorship we aim at ourselves. — Seth Copy Share
When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
When there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious. Where there is none, it is pretty certain that the official… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
“I agree that it's a shame some books have to suffer ratings that clearly are invalid. However I can't think of a way to prevent it, and I didn't see any ideas in the thread either (I did skim though). I hope you'll appreciate that if we just start deleting ratings whenever we feel like it, that we've gone down… — Otis Y. Chandler Copy Share
I think that, honestly, people's censorship issues are personal but I disagree with most of those personal choices that I see others make. You… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image