Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection. – Ambrose Bierce
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. – John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859
This means that to entrust to science – or to deliberate control according to scientific principles – more than scientific method can achieve may have deplorable effects. – Friedrich August von Hayek