Thoughts on Censorship
"If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable."
— William J. Brennan, Jr.
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading them."
— Ray Bradbury
"Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance."
— Lyndon Johnson
"A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to."
— Granville Hicks
"Censorship is crippling, negating, stifling. It should be unthinkable in a country like ours."
— Norma Fox Mazer
"I'm not a rebel, trying to stir things up just to be provocative. I'm doing it because I feel like writing about real life. I still can't believe there's anything objectionable about telling it like it is."
— Norma Klein
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech."
— Benjamin Franklin
"It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers."
— Judy Blume
— William J. Brennan, Jr.
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading them."
— Ray Bradbury
"Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance."
— Lyndon Johnson
"A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to."
— Granville Hicks
"Censorship is crippling, negating, stifling. It should be unthinkable in a country like ours."
— Norma Fox Mazer
"I'm not a rebel, trying to stir things up just to be provocative. I'm doing it because I feel like writing about real life. I still can't believe there's anything objectionable about telling it like it is."
— Norma Klein
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech."
— Benjamin Franklin
"It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers."
— Judy Blume