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«Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship»
Author: Ben Lindsey
| About:
Censorship
| Keywords:
censor, censors, censorship, Pilate, Pontius Pilate
«Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.»
Author: Gen William C. Westmoreland
| About:
Censorship,
War
| Keywords:
censorship, confused, terribly, Vietnam, Vietnam War
«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.»
Author: Henry Steele Commager
| About:
Censorship
| Keywords:
censorship, defeats, discretion, exercising
«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.»
Author: John Mortimer
| About:
Censorship,
Fear,
Law and lawyers,
Writers
| Keywords:
censorship, dread, fearful, flattered, in a way, primitive, print
«The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.»
Author: Marilyn Monroe
(Actress)
| About:
Censorship,
Cinema,
Movies
| Keywords:
censored, censors, cleavage
«Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.»
«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»
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
(President)
| About:
Books,
Censorship,
Freedom,
Literature,
Press
| Keywords:
censored, censors, lands, Land of the Free, redouble, redoubled, redoubling, the press
«The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Censorship,
Progress
| Keywords:
censorship, removal
«If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all?except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.»
«Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.»
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