Censorship Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Censorship.
Top Quotes
“Freedom of speech”
“Freedom of the press”
“They can't censor a gleam in the eye.”
“Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.”
“Censorship is the mother of metaphor.”
“If the human body is obscene, complain to the manufacturer!”
“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”
“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.”
“You only silence critics when you have something to hide.”
“Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.”
“I have collected all the writings of the Empire and burnt those which were of no use.”
“The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.”
“Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor.”
“There is no such thing as a moral book or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all.”
“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.”
“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
“He who stifles free discussion, secretly doubts whether what he professes to believe is really true.”
“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
“If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.”