Banned books Quote by Stephen Chbosky

Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear…

— James Howe

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your…

— Anna Quindlen

“The problem in our country isn't with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. You don't have to burn books to destroy…

— Ray Bradbury

If you do not like anything in a particular book, then sit and discuss it. Banning a book is not a solution. We have…

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Books are menaced by books. Any excess of information produces silence.

— Umberto Eco

I don't want to be shut out from the truth. If they ban books, they might as well lock us away from the world.

— Rory Edwards

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

— Voltaire

“Book Bans Are Dumb (Sonnet 1587) Book bans are dumb, It makes the mind numb. If banning books were justice, Middle ages would've been…

— Abhijit Naskar

If no one speaks out for [young readers], if they don’t speak out for themselves, all they’ll get for required reading will be the…

— Judy Blume

The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to.

— Studs Terkel

“Book banning satisfied their need to feel in control of their children's lives. Those who censored were easily frightened. They were afraid of exposing…

— Judy Blume

The problem in our country isn't with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. Look at the magazines, the newspapers around us…

— Ray Bradbury