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Censorship Quotes
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The freedom of the individual and rights of conscience will have no place in a society where government espouses a particular religious view of morality, one that has no room for deviation from the norm. (Quote by - Arlene Carmen)
This is censorship of the worst kind. (Quote by - Vanessa Redgrave)
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there. (Quote by - Clare Boothe Luce)
Americans ought to be concerned about censorship and the use of information by our government. Similarly, we are citizens of the world, and collectively we ought to advocate an approach to information worldwide that is as open and transparent as possible. (Quote by - Kirk Hanson)
Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. (Quote by - Gen William C. Westmoreland)
Only the suppressed word is dangerous. (Quote by - Ludwig Börne)
Censorship and hate speech laws don't protect GOOD IDEAS…they protect BAD ONES. They keep them alive and push them underground. If someone is engaging in HATE SPEECH, you don't silence them. You don't tell them to shut up.…You say, "COME OVER HERE AND SAY THAT" You say, "BRING IT ON"….. (Quote by - Jules Carlysle)
All despotisms should be considered problems of mental hygiene, and all support of censorship should be considered as problems of abnormal psychology. (Quote by - Theodore Schroeder)
Every burned book enlightens the world. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
China is the most repressive censorship regime on the Internet. (Quote by - John Palfrey)
Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas. (Quote by - Allan Jenkins)
The press is easier to strangle than to look in the eyes. (Quote by - Winston Churchill)
The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. (Quote by - Walt Whitman)
The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. (Quote by - Tommy Smothers)
I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it. (Quote by - Mae West)