(158 quotes found)
“The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.”
George Bernard Shaw
“I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it.”
Mae West
“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.”
“Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.”
“The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.”
Marilyn Monroe
“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.”
Henry Steele Commager
“As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.”
Jeremy Bentham
“This process of self-censorship is ubiquitous and that those who do it believe that they are doing the right thing. That they call it "sensitivity" and "fairness" review without realizing that they are censoring to placate pressure groups, or in anticipation of protests.”
Diane Ravitch
“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.”
John Mortimer
“Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.”
Potter Stewart
