"Western people often see obscenity where there is……" — Sir John Woodroffe

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• Sex and obscenity are not synonymous. Obscene material is material which deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient… — William J. Brennan
• Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will… — Maya Angelou
• War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over… — Queen Noor of Jordan
• That which attempts to elevate the ugly to the level of beauty becomes neither; but an obscenity. — John Donne
• Parents, just keep in mind that kids will always round off to the nearest obscenity.. — Ray Romano
• Obscenity is our name for the uneasiness which upsets the physical state associated with self-possession, with the possession of a… — Georges Bataille
• Indecency, vulgarity, obscenity - these are strictly confined to man; he invented them. Among the higher animals there is no… — Mark Twain
• I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a… — Desmond Tutu
• I am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone . . . I think, myself, that it is an… — Desmond Tutu
• Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the… — Theodore Schroeder
• The violence and obscenity are left unadulterated, as manifestation of the mystery and pain which ever accompanies the act of… — Anais Nin
• The problem is that censors create the concept of obscenity. By supposedly trying to protect us they form an absurd… — Catherine Breillat

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