#censorship

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

#advised #considered #dangerous #exercise #i

The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance. ↗

— John Pilger

#chance #films #like #mine #stand

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself. ↗

— Tim Robbins

#biggest #censor #danger #enemy #free

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear. ↗

— Judy Blume

#because #censorship #children #fear #kids

The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. ↗

— John Gilmore

#censorship #damage #interprets #net #routes

I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort. ↗

— Don Johnson

#any #censorship #i #i am #opposed

Everyone has an opinion, and the guy screaming for censorship may be the next guy to have his ideas cut off. ↗

— Richard King

#cut #everyone #guy #his #ideas

In any event, the proper question isn't what a journalist thinks is relevant but what his or her audience thinks is relevant. Denying people information they would find useful because you think they shouldn't find it useful is censorship, not journalism. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#audience #because #censorship #denying #event

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