The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. – Henry Steele Commager

Every burned book enlightens the world. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am thankful for all the complaining I hear about our government because it means we have freedom of speech. – Nancie J. Carmody

The danger of censorship in cultural media increases in proportion to the degree to which one approaches the winning of a mass audience. – James T. Farrell