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Censorship Quotes. As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends. Jeremy Bentham Censorship is advertising paid by the government. Federico Fellini Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there. Clare Boothe Luce Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. George Bernard Shaw Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books nobody reads. George Bernard Shaw Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever. Nadine Gordimer A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. Granville Hicks I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it. Mae West Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion. David Cronenberg The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression. Earl Warren Censorship, I believe, is the most dangerous enemy to all human communication, and piety of intention is probably the most dangerous, the most virulent and the most self-satisfying. Chuck Jones We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder 'censorship', we call it 'concern for commercial viability'. David Mamet ...the interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship. John Paul Stevens Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. Potter Stewart Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor. William Orville Douglas The sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be... Censorship cannot get at the real evil, and it is an evil in itself. Granville Hicks |