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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. - Walt Whitman

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. – Walt Whitman

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Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed. – Walt Whitman

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There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius. – Walt Whitman

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We do not fear censorship for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue – D.W. (David Wark) Griffith

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The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. – Tommy Smothers

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To reject the word is to reject the human search. – Max Lerner, 1953, on book purging

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I quit watching the debates after they excluded Ron Paul and censored supposedly live interviews with him from the tv. – James Dye

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