#censorship

I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity. ↗

— Lee Child

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Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship. ↗

— Ben Lindsey

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I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

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Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always will be the last resort of the boob and the bigot. ↗

— Eugene O'Neill

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If you can't say "Fuck" you can't say, "Fuck the government. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

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There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it. ↗

— Frank Zappa

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Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

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To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it. ↗