Political discourse Quote by Neil Postman

“The ultimate form of censorship is assassination. ”

— George Bernard Shaw

“Why did they devise censorship? To show a world which doesn’t exist, an ideal world, or what they envisaged as the ideal world. And…

— Krzysztof Kieślowski

Hitler also used censorship , think about it

— Book

“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 and thought control can exist only in secrecy and darkness.”

— Pat Frank

“Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always will be the last resort of the…

— Eugene Gladstone O'Neill

“Emperors uphold censorship, But extreme repression leads to extreme reaction. Individualists believe in freedom, But extreme expression leads to extreme reaction.”

— Ming-Dao Deng

“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

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

— Storm Jameson

“It is impossible to stand for intellectual freedom without grappling with censorship.”

— Frances M. Jones

It is the freedom to blaspheme, to transgress, to move beyond the pale, that is at the heart of all intellectual, artistic and political…

— Kenan Malik

Censorship should never be allowed. One should be able to say anything. But I refuse to let politics be foisted on me.

— Orhan Pamuk