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Pontius Pilate was the first great censor, and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship.
Pontius Pilate was the first great censor, and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship.
I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.
I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.
The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society read more
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.
If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, read more
If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.
Every burned book enlightens the world.
Every burned book enlightens the world.
He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own.
He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own.
As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.
As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.
Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.
Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.
