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Censorship Quotes
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If censorship reigns there cannot be sincere flattery, and only small men are afraid of small writings. (Quote by - Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais)
Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice. (Quote by - Holbrook Jackson)
Equally troubling is the reality that western firms are effectively facilitating censorship in China and jeopardizing the welfare of journalists. Fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, should not be negotiated away in return for market access. Western businesses have a leadership role to play in encouraging best business practices in local markets, including in the information sector. (Quote by - Jennifer Windsor)
All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us. (Quote by - Katherine Paterson)
Adam was but human - this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. (Quote by - Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935)
To Kill A Mockingbird' is one of the great American books. It covers some important topics like censorship, literacy and gender, which are still very much prevalent today as they were during that time. (Quote by - Hilery Walker)
A free press can be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom a press will never be anything but bad. (Quote by - Albert Camus)
Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.) Is planning a ban on smut Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut. And his reverent occiput. Smite. Smoot, smite for Ut., Grit your molars and do your dut., Gird up your l--ns, Smite h-p and th-gh,We'll all be Kansas By and By. (Quote by - Ogden Nash, Invocation, 1931)
Only extremists enjoy censorship. (Quote by - Mark Camilleri)
We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. (Quote by - John Stuart Mill)
The key to effective censorship is to make sure no one's looking, and this time everyone was watching. If BLM can point to a single other instance where it has suspended scientific research because of alleged illegal lobbying, I'll eat my hat. (Quote by - Andy Stahl)
Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so. (Quote by - Robert H. Jackson)
If you don't have this freedom of the press, then all these little fellows are weaseling around and doing their monkey business and they never get caught. (Quote by - Harold R. Medina)
Access to the outside world is preventing more censorship. I do think information flow is happening in China. .. There's no doubt in my mind that it's been a huge plus. (Quote by - Bill Gates)