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Every burned book enlightens the world. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every burned book enlightens the world. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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Did you ever hear anyone say, “That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me?” – Joseph Henry Jackson

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God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. – Rebecca West

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

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