Censorship Quotes

“War is the ultimate in censorship.”

“Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.”

“Censorship, and the stifling of debate, is a feature of totalitarian societies, not of free ones.”

“A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.”

“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.”

“They told me 'The Twist' was too suggestive. Can you believe that? Now look at what's on TV.”

“Books are feeders for brothels.”

“They're trying to shut me up. And I don't think they will.”

“The CIA has now become the world's most powerful publisher because it can enjoin publication on national security grounds.”

“Political correctness is a straitjacket on comedy.”

“I am, in fact, a man of such repute that my printers will not dare to print what I write, and they are always setting up a thousand lies that I never write.”

“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.”

“I do not believe that the government should be in the business of telling people what to read.”

“Sex and obscenity are not synonymous.”

“Take away the right to say 'fuck' and you take away the right to say 'fuck the government.'”

“The second you have to censor yourself, you're not a healthy country.”

“They can't get my belly button.”

“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”

“Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.”

“In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost.”