Censorship Quotes

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury
- World
- Book
- Way
Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

Judy Blume

There's the belief that we can't be smart enough to write. And certainly censorship of women, too.

Alice Mattison
- Writing
- Enough
- Smart
Calling China's online censorship system a 'Great Firewall' is increasingly trendy, but misleading. All walls, being the creation of engineers, can be breached with the right tools.

Evgeny Morozov
- Wall
- Creation
- Censorship
Freedom is not only the absence of external restraints. It is also the absence of irresistible internal compulsions, unmanageable passion, and uncensorable highlights.

George Will
Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands of industry groups and governments, and we are - increasingly, I think - seeing important decisions made by unaccountable, non-transparent corporate players, a shift from the open web to mobile walled gardens, and a shift from the production-based Internet to one that's consumption-based.

Sue Gardner
Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering up a shot. I take pride in that - and, of course, in having avoided the fate of Eyes Wide Shut.

Todd Solondz
- Eye
- Pride
- Fate
I believe in censorship when it benefits me.

Howard Stern
- Benefits
- Censorship