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George Bernard Shaw1 quote
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. — George Bernard Shaw · 1909Heinrich Heine1 quote
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. — Heinrich Heine · 1821Jean-Jacques Rousseau1 quote
Censorship is crucial for preserving morals but useless for restoring them. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762Jeremy Bentham1 quote
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it ends. — Jeremy Bentham · 1832Ken Loach1 quote
Dare them to censor you. — Ken Loach · 2017Sherman Alexie1 quote
Censorship of any form punishes curiosity. — Sherman Alexie · 2012William C. Westmoreland1 quote
Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. — William C. Westmoreland · 1982