Quote by John Aikin
To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor’s prohibited l

To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor’s prohibited list. – John Aikin

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Whenever books are burned men also in the end are burned. – Heinrich Heine

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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

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I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. Censors only read a book with great difficulty, moving their lips as they puzzle out each syllable, when someone tells them that the book is unfit to read. – Robertson Davies

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Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion. – David Cronenberg

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