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    The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

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The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't read more

The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.

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He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own.

He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own.

by Elias Lyman Maggon Found in: Censorship Quotes,
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Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.

Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.

by Allan Jenkins Found in: Censorship Quotes,
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I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and read more

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.

by John Mortimer Found in: Censorship Quotes,
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Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

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

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

by Ben Lindsay Found in: Censorship Quotes,
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If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, read more

If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.

by Voltaire Found in: Censorship Quotes,
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Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship

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

by Ben Lindsey Found in: Censorship Quotes,
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If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts read more

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free

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