#censor

But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#censorship #extreme #form

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#condition #first #progress #removal

I've come to realize that the more I censor myself, the less people relate to me. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#come #i #less #me #more

Be passionate about what you write, believe in your ability to convey timeless ideas, and let no one tell you what what you're capable of. ↗

— Christina Westover

#books #censorship #christina-westover #freedom-of-the-press #passion

Freiheit ist immer die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently. ↗

— Rosa Luxemburg

#dissent #free-expression #freedom #radical #rebel

Censorship is the height of vanity. ↗

— Martha Graham

#height #vanity

The only place we were really told to tone it down - where other people would use the word censorship, but I wouldn't - was when we did MTV right after the Beavis and Butt-head thing. ↗

— Penn Jillette

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They can't censor the gleam in my eye. ↗

— Charles Laughton

#eye #gleam

I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

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