Amendments Quote by William O. Douglas

Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.

— William O. Douglas

Nothing is harmful to literature except censorship, and that almost never stops literature going where it wants to go either, because literature has a…

— Ali Smith

The First Amendment is not an altar on which we must sacrifice our children, families, and community standards. Obscene material that is not protected…

— Orrin Hatch

Censors are necessary, increasingly necessary, if America is to avoid having a vital literature.

— Don Marquis

One thing is for sure-none of the arts flourishes on censorship and repression. And by this time it should be evident that the American…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them…

— Franklin D Roosevelt

Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everythingin every…

— Salman Rushdie

“The sinister fact about literary censorship in England is that it is largely voluntary. Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark,…

— George Orwell

As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech…

— John Paul Stevens

In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators and declares…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

“Literary censorship should not be necessary within the parameters of the law because it's simply a reflection of prevailing social prejudices! Writing should challenge…

— Jack Tar

The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind.

— Mike Godwin