Banned books Quote by S.J. Parris

“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

Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Well, the man who first translated the bible into English was burned at the stake, and they've been at it ever since. Must be…

— Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

“When the Viennese government compiled a Catalogue of Forbidden Books in 1765, so many Austrians used it as a reading guide that the Hapsburg…

— Craig Nelson

“I'm not, like, a book guy, but isn't the point of all this book stuff like what Ms. Croft was teaching us -- that…

— David Connis

“The choices you have for your children are not the same as mine. For me, there is no such thing as a banned book.…

— Sara Ellie MacKenzie

“Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about control; About who is snapping the whip, who…

— Stephen King

“He would tell you to think, next time, before you blindly chase your ideology. He would ask you to think, not just to feel.…

— Roseanna M. White

“Like water leaking slowly through a dike to become a steady trickle or a flood, words and ideas inexorably elude the censor's grasp. (Banned…

— Margaret Bald

The book which most deserved to be banned would be a catalog of banned books.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans are indigenous. So, in a strange way, I’m pleased that…

— Sherman Alexie

There's more than one way to be a girl

— Lauren Faust