A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. —Granville Hicks More about this quote Tags: power knowledge censorship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Granville Hicks Granville Hicks (September 9, 1901 – June 18, 1982) was an American Marxist and, later, anti-Marxist novelist, literary critic, educator, and editor.
More quotations tagged with “censorship” I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. —George Carlin More about this quote Tags: censorship comedy violation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind. —John Stuart Mill More about this quote Tags: opinion power silence censorship mankind dissent Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science. —Carl Sagan in Cosmos More about this quote Tags: politics religion learning knowledge censorship science suppression Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there. —Clare Booth Luce More about this quote Tags: censorship charity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. —Alfred Whitney Griswold More about this quote Tags: history ideas censorship quality books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. —George Carlin More about this quote Tags: censorship comedy violation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind. —John Stuart Mill More about this quote Tags: opinion power silence censorship mankind dissent Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science. —Carl Sagan in Cosmos More about this quote Tags: politics religion learning knowledge censorship science suppression Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there. —Clare Booth Luce More about this quote Tags: censorship charity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. —Alfred Whitney Griswold More about this quote Tags: history ideas censorship quality books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email