[T]he German censorship forbade or mutilated my every book, which was like sticking pins into my soul… – Israel Zangwill, Dreamers of the Ghetto, “From a Mattress Grave,” 1897 [characte

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. – Abbott Joseph Liebling, “Do You Belong in Journalism?” The New Yorker, May 1960

It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought. No subject must be taboo. No censor must preside at our assemblies. – William O. Douglas

That was but a prelude; where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people as well. – Heinrich Heine, Almansor, 1821 (“Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher v