#censor

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice. ↗

— Holbrook Jackson

#censorship

Censorship is advertising paid by the government. ↗

— Federico Fellini

#censorship #government #paid

Underground literature only began in the '70s, when technical developments made it possible. Before that, we were involved in a game with the censors. That was our struggle. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself. ↗

— Dick Cavett

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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. ↗

— Mae West

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If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut. ↗

— Ice-T

#controversy #metaphor #racism #rap #censorship

Book burnings. Always the forerunners. Heralds of the stake, the ovens, the mass graves. ↗

— Geraldine Brooks

#books #censorship #censorship

What is also strange to me is that public libraries have always been in the forefront of opposing censorship. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

#always #been #censorship #forefront #libraries

What I find very attractive, what I find sexual, are people who are unapologetic for who they are and comfortable with themselves. And I think with those two things sexual energy does come out because you're not hovering or censoring yourself, you're just being who you are. And being who you are is a very attractive quality in a person. ↗

— Katherine Moennig

#because #being #censoring #come #comfortable

The ultimate censorship is the flick of the dial. ↗

— Tommy Smothers

#dial #flick #ultimate