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Take away the right to say “fuck” and you take away the right to say “fuck the government.” – Lenny Bruce

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The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds. – Lenny Bruce

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Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it. – Lenny Bruce

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A lot of people say to me, Why did you kill Christ? I dunno… it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know. We killed him because he didnt want to become a doctor, thats why we killed him. – Lenny Bruce

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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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You can cage the singer but not the song. – Harry Belafonte, in International Herald Tribune, 1988 October 3rd

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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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To choose a good book, look in an inquisitorâ€™s prohibited list. – John Aikin

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