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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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Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection. – Ambrose Bierce

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

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What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books. – Sigmund Freud, 1933

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