#censorship

If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death. ↗

— George Orwell

#censorship #science-fiction #death

Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship. ↗

— Julian Assange

#form #leaks #new #new form #stopping

The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#around #censorship #internet #malfunction #routes

The only thing that is obscene is censorship. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#obscene #only #the only thing #thing

I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship. ↗

— Joe Mantegna

#censorship #i #me #mean

Chinese central government doesn't need to even lead public opinion: it just selectively stops censorship. In other words, just as censorship is a political tool, so is the absence of censorship. ↗

— Michael Anti

#china #weibo #censorship

Irreverence is our only sacred cow. ↗

— Paul Krassner

#satire #censorship

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#boy #censorship #get #seldom #upset

I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it. ↗

— Mae West

#censorship #fortune #i #i believe #i believe in

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#confused #get #mind #public #public mind