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God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as inde

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

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Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a persons mind. – Rebecca West

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communication
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Rebecca West
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It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

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History
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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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Censorship

To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor’s prohibited list. – John Aikin

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Censorship

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

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Censorship

Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family. – Thomas Bowdler

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Censorship

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