Franklin P. Adams Quotes

Every censorship, however good its intent, degenerates inevitably into tyranny.

Censorship, in my opinion, is a stupid and shallow way of approaching the solution to any problem.

Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master.

Censorship is the conscience of society.

It's very difficult to have just a little bit of censorship.

... the greatest discouragement and affront that can be offered to learning and to learned men .... More than if some enemy at sea should stop up all our havens and ports, it [licensing] hinders and retards importation of our richest Merchandise, Truth.

The Iranian government advocates free speech... but there's no freedom after you've spoken

There is no functional difference between censorship and the threat of censorship.

It is pretty safe to assume that any given censor is a fool. The very fact that he is a censor indicates that.

Censorship is definitely one of the main issues that you have to live with in China – period!

I am sure that as soon as speech was invented, efforts to suppress and control it began, and that process of suppression continues unabated.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Censors, the whole idea of it, is so childish. You feel like you're talking to hall monitors in school again.

We can't let censorship take over.

Once you get used to censorship, sometimes you self-censor.

As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense.

They don't gotta burn the books they just remove 'em.

If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself.

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions.

I don't believe you can contain ideas by military force.

I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.

Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.

What does censorship reveal? It reveals fear.

There is more than one way to burn a book.

To silence criticism is to silence freedom.