Censorship Quotes

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.

As in Pakistan, Tunisian and Egyptian human rights activists are concerned that any censorship mechanisms, once put in place, will inevitably be abused for political purposes no matter what censorship proponents claim to the contrary.

You have to be careful as a news organization that you don’t fall into voluntary censorship, that you worry about offending your ‘league partner.’ I never worried about that. I worry about fans listening.

Many filmmakers have had that experience. They make a movie, then out of nowhere, they either pass censorship or fail.

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it’s sunny, the next day it’s raining. You just have to hope you walk out into the sunshine.

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.

There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical.

I’m a free speech bigot. I don’t like censorship; I just don’t think it’s a good thing.

Censorship is a stupid thing. There should be certification, and not censorship. People are smart enough to understand that if a film is meant for kids, then kids will watch it and if a film is meant for adults, only adults will watch it.

There is something challenging in shooting something in just one day and there is freedom knowing there is going to be no censorship.

Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.

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

Whenever it’s suggested that our sponsors have some kind of influence or control of what we cover in some kind of censorship through financial pressure, it’s rubbish. That’s never happened.

I’ve always fought any form of censorship.

Indian epics are full of violence, and such stories have shaped India. As filmmakers, I don’t think anyone in India would tone down violence, keeping in mind the censorship.

Chinese artists have been subversive over thousands of years, taking what they think of the government and embedding it in their art. There might be censorship of not going as far as they might.

Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You’re not allowed to speak your mind unless you’re black, or unless you’re a terrorist, or unless you’re an Arab or a minority people. Then you can say what you like. But if you are like a lot of us you are not supposed to say certain things.

The media’s censorship is unthinkable… If we don’t stop, we are going to end up like North Koreans.

The court can, and must, only maintain its legitimacy through the dispensation of justice, not by coercion and censorship.

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.

Indian epics are full of violence, and such stories have shaped India. As filmmakers, I don’t think anyone in India would tone down violence, keeping in mind the censorship.

We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration. We stand with all the free peoples of the world and hope you stand with us in our quest for justice and freedom.

Chinese artists have been subversive over thousands of years, taking what they think of the government and embedding it in their art. There might be censorship of not going as far as they might.

As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.

Censorship is a strange situation. There was times when people would burn books because they didn’t like what people were doing.

Censorship is a touchy subject, all the way around.

I am entirely against censorship. It goes against my basic grain – a mature society need not be told what to do.

Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship.

An unread author is an author who is a victim of the worst kind of censorship, indifference – a censorship more effective than the Ecclesiastical Index.

Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

Looking back on the Tiananmen movement, it is striking how modest the protesters’ demands were: an end to press censorship and restrictions on demonstrations; openness about the income of state leaders; increased funding for education.

I feel instead of censorship, we need to self-regulate ourselves while producing any kind of content.

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.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there.

The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don’t stand a chance.

I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it’s not censorship.

Censorship is saying: ‘I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.’ But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.

We don’t live in a culture of censorship, such as the Soviet Union’s; we live in a culture where there is too much information, where words are drowned out, not banned, and important ideas and events are ignored.

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

I hate censorship, man. I really do.

I worry about censorship in many parts of the world.

I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that’s the most dangerous kind of censorship – that’s how hegemony works.

In a feature film, the question of censorship always comes up.

There’s hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.

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

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

The worst evil is – and that’s the product of censorship – is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.

People who believe in freedom of expression have spent several centuries fighting against censorship, in whatever form. We have to be certain the ‘Net’ doesn’t become the site for technological book burning.

Censorship is a touchy subject, all the way around.

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.

Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You’re not allowed to speak your mind unless you’re black, or unless you’re a terrorist, or unless you’re an Arab or a minority people. Then you can say what you like. But if you are like a lot of us you are not supposed to say certain things.

We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.

Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it.

The fact that we don’t have censorship on the Internet really gives you a lot of freedom, as makers and creative people do what they believe in.

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.

By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.

I saw that publishing all over the world was deeply constrained by self-censorship, economics and political censorship, while the military-industrial complex was growing at a tremendous rate, and the amount of information that it was collecting about all of us vastly exceeded the public imagination.

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways – you know minor ways and major ways – like what you’ve just encountered which isn’t censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Censorship should never go. But we can always give a little more space to the director.

Censorship constrains art and limits its impact as much as it does with all free thought.

Censorship no longer works by hiding information from you; censorship works by flooding you with immense amounts of misinformation, of irrelevant information, of funny cat videos, until you’re just unable to focus.

I’m very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.

Since he took power over half a century ago, Fidel Castro proved to be a brutal dictator who must always be remembered by his gross abuses of human rights, systemic exploitation of Cubans, unrelenting repression, and stifling censorship upon his own people.

There’s a popular saying that the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. Desire and innovation will trump policy, the argument goes, as clever programmers circumvent controls.

These censorship people think something is going to promote behavior in people.

I think media has lost its way. We must recognize that the proprietors of these organizations have put on a form of censorship. Basically, they’re more interested in celebrity, narcissism, rich people, good-looking people, and successful sportsmen.

There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government’s attitude to the Internet and censorship unacceptable.

I mean, believe me, I’m not for censorship.

There’s hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.

I’m opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it’s plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity.

Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

I have a very specific definition of censorship. Censorship must be done by the government or it’s not censorship.

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.

Music is an artform, and I always though art was beyond censorship. I thought this was a common view. Apparently, I was wrong.

As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.

I don’t for one second think about the possibility of censorship when I am writing a new book. I know I am a person who cares about kids and who cares about truth and I am guided by my own instincts, and trust them.

Censorship of ideas or images or words is wrong.

When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn’t be any press without the censorship.

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible.

I resent the fact that a parental warning sticker has to be included on an album as cover art. To me that’s censorship.

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

Censorship is the height of vanity.

The prime goal of censorship is to promote ignorance, whether it is done via lying and bowdlerized school texts or by attacking individual books.

Like it or not, Google and the Chinese government are stuck in a tense, long-term relationship, and can look forward to more high-stakes shadow-boxing in the netherworld of the world’s most elaborate system of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

I was always meant to study the humanities; I was no good at math or sciences. When it came time for me to work, it was Soviet times, and journalism wasn’t that free or interesting of a space. There was a lot of censorship; it was difficult.

In China, the rules of the market are not always that transparent. So it’s very hard. Also, the national TV networks are all owned by the government, so our shows are subject to censorship by the networks. Every now and then, we are told that certain subjects cannot be talked about. There are frustrations.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.

There should be no censorship of mail.

I am still against any kind of censorship. It’s a subject in my life that has been very important.

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.

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

Censorship is the height of vanity.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.

There shouldn’t be any censorship on making a film.

The problem is that in order to publish a book in mainland China, you have to agree to be subject to censorship. That’s the nature of the system. I don’t challenge that system on its face. It’s their system. But as an author, I have a choice to make whether I’ll participate or I won’t.

I’m not for censorship without reason.

I think censorship in the name of fighting fake news is a dangerous thing for Pakistan.

Everyone has an opinion, and the guy screaming for censorship may be the next guy to have his ideas cut off.

I’m a product of a military dictatorship. Under a dictatorship, you cannot trust information or dispense it freely because of censorship. So Brazilians become very flexible in the use of metaphors. They learn to communicate with double meanings.

The media’s censorship is unthinkable… If we don’t stop, we are going to end up like North Koreans.

It takes a strong stomach and a thick skin to be a female activist fighting online censorship in Pakistan.

Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their shows.

Those golden minutes before you are completely awake, when your mind is just drifting, you have no censorship; you are ready to develop any kind of idea. That’s when I come up with the best and worst ideas. That is the privilege of being a writer – that you can stay in bed for an hour in the morning and it’s work time.

In most cases, the only genuine victims of the ‘safe places’ demands for censorship are conservative student groups and their invited guest speakers.

Yes, I would not like to see censorship on OTT content but there are some people who really take advantage of this.

I’m thinking of sending out censorship packets: information to share with those who want to defend my books when they come under fire. I’ll tell why I wrote them and include reviews and letters of support from children and their parents.

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.

I will not ascribe to the ‘Blame America’ club for vicious abuses of human rights, systemic exploitation of Cuban labor, unrelenting repression, and stifling censorship.

I’m not against censorship in principle. Not at all. Some things should be censored.

I am against censorship. I don’t think there is anything more stupid than censorship.

We’ve been dealing with censorship around multimedia, about multinational companies and the content they create, for a very long time.

An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship – it is a crime against our nature as human beings.

The fact that we don’t have censorship on the Internet really gives you a lot of freedom, as makers and creative people do what they believe in.

The Soviet system of propaganda and censorship existed not so much for the purpose of spreading a particular message as for the purpose of making learning impossible, replacing facts with mush, and handing the faceless state a monopoly on defining an ever-shifting reality.

I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.

Censorship is saying: ‘I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.’ But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.

The media may wish that the coordinated effort to control the outcome of the 2020 election through censorship, deplatforming, and removing scrutiny for mail-in ballots be downplayed or ignored, but some people aren’t allowing that to happen.

An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship – it is a crime against our nature as human beings.

Alex Jones is not the first broadcaster targeted by intolerant left-wing activists. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, Michael Savage, and others have all been targeted, and they’ve been fighting against censorship for decades.

The court can, and must, only maintain its legitimacy through the dispensation of justice, not by coercion and censorship.

Censorship is certainly not the answer to controversial material and is inconsistent with our most basic constitutional values.

They still had the Lord Chamberlain, so we had this idiotic censorship. We were allowed three Jesus Christs instead of 10. Why three were OK, I don’t know.

In any event, the proper question isn’t what a journalist thinks is relevant but what his or her audience thinks is relevant. Denying people information they would find useful because you think they shouldn’t find it useful is censorship, not journalism.

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

If we ever head down the American path of banning certain books or turning the editorial process into one of censorship, we will risk turning teens off books and sending them elsewhere – to their X-Boxes, for instance. To the Internet. And they won’t ever come back to books.

What I’m finding is there’s an awful lot about adoption and relinquishment and the complicated nature of family that we, as human beings, haven’t been able to have a real discussion about yet without a lot of censorship.

Censorship in all its forms must be challenged.

I do not believe in censorship, but I believe we already have censorship in what is called marketing theory, namely the only information we get in mainstream media is for profit.

The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.

I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort.

Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship.

Nothing is harmful to literature except censorship, and that almost never stops literature going where it wants to go either, because literature has a way of surpassing everything that blocks it and growing stronger for the exercise.

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.

I discovered the National Coalition Against Censorship when I felt totally alone in my fight to protect intellectual freedom, and that group changed my life. I was no longer alone.

The US constitution’s First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with – more speech and debate, not censorship.

I’m not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much.

I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort.

Music is an artform, and I always though art was beyond censorship. I thought this was a common view. Apparently, I was wrong.

The only place we were really told to tone it down – where other people would use the word censorship, but I wouldn’t – was when we did MTV right after the Beavis and Butt-head thing.

The twentieth century had produced a literature in Ireland that kept a tense distance from the sources of faith – and for good reason. Irish writing had suffered a terrible censorship in the twentieth century.

I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer – by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don’t seem to want to take too many risks with living people.

By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.

Censorship is a really big deal, but online you don’t have anything. You have slightly more freedom.

Even with censorship, the Internet is a force for change.

Censorship should never go. But we can always give a little more space to the director.

The internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.

We have this sort of tacit censorship, which is the ratings system, and it’s directly tied to box office, so it is censorship. Like, if you make an R-rated movie, you know that only a certain amount of people are going to go see it under any circumstance.

In China, the problem is that with the system of censorship that’s now in place, the user doesn’t know to what extent, why, and under what authority there’s been censorship. There’s no way of appealing. There’s no due process.

A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral, pious, and so on.

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

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

As long as it is supported by Democratic politicians and by liberal Hollywood players, censorship is a useful tool to stifle dissent.

Censorship in all its forms must be challenged.

I am still against any kind of censorship. It’s a subject in my life that has been very important.