“When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.”
― Yevgeny Yevtushenko
“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
― Henry Louis Gates Jr
“Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.”
― Mark Twain
“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”
― Salman Rushdie
“It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what."
― Stephen Fry
“If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.”
― Bruce Coville
"There is no left and right. There is only tyranny and freedom."
― Trump
"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."
― Jefferson
― Yevgeny Yevtushenko
“Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.”
― Henry Louis Gates Jr
“Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.”
― Mark Twain
“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”
― Salman Rushdie
“It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what."
― Stephen Fry
“If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.”
― Bruce Coville
"There is no left and right. There is only tyranny and freedom."
― Trump
"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery."
― Jefferson