Logo
The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it

The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. – Henry Steele Commager

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Censorship
category
[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

Category:
Censorship

The worst part of censorship is XXX XXXXXX XX XXXXXXX. – Bumper sticker, author unknown

Category:
Censorship

I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it. – Mae West

Category:
Censorship

Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Censorship

Random Quotes

I havent strength of mind not to need a career. – Ruth Benedict

Category:
strength

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world… but for Wales! – Robert Bolt

Category:
Soul

The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. – Ambrose Bierce

Category:
Quotations

Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. – Author Unknown

Category:
Fathers