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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

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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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We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. – Voltaire, Dictionnaire Philosophique, 1764

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Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them. – Neil deGrasse Tyson, 2014

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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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