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

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

Book burnings. Always the forerunners. Heralds of the stake, the ovens, the mass graves.

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

History proves there is no better advertisement for a book than to condemn it for obscenity.

Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.

The Motion Picture Association of America wipes the sweat off its brow and sings the PG-13 song.

When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship.

People trying to force their agenda on my by deciding how I'm permitted to speak is offensive.

Sleeping beauty awoke at the kiss of a scientist and expired at the fatal puncture of his syringe.

You can never talk religion on network TV. It makes too many people angry. You can talk about sex.

I hate it that Americans are taught to fear some books and some ideas as though they were diseases.

To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.