If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

Our country is the only one that truly permits you to speak bad of your country, so you really shouldn’t say anything bad about it.

manuscripts don't burn" - "(рукописи не горят)

Be passionate about what you write, believe in your ability to convey timeless ideas, and let no one tell you what what you're capable of.

Digression is the soul of wit. Take the philosophic asides away from Dante, Milton or Hamlet's father's ghost and what stays is dry bones.

We fear storms and wild beasts, but we do not censor them. If we must guard ourselves from evil influences we thereby admit their seductive appeal.

[M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road.

There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.

Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always will be the last resort of the boob and the bigot.

Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.

It's red hot, mate. I hate to think of this sort of book getting in the wrong hands. As soon as I've finished this, I shall recommend they ban it.

There was something so unutterably ridiculous about the sight of a US company deleting posts accusing it of censorship that many other people began to protest.

We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.