The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn`t any.
- Marilyn MonroeIt is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics.
- Robert A. HeinleinCensorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.
- George Bernard ShawThe first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
- George Bernard ShawImagine 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.
- Chuck PalahniukBy placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
- Harry A. BlackmunI 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.
- John MortimerCensorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.
- Allan JenkinsPontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship
- Ben LindseyIf in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free
- Franklin D. RooseveltThe 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.
- Henry Steele CommagerIf 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.
- John Fitzgerald KennedyCensorship reflects a society`s lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.
- Potter Stewart"The video of `Paranoid Android` has been censored by MTV. They took all nipples out of the cartoon, but they had no problem with the scene in which a man cuts off his own arms and legs."
- Thom Yorke