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Quote by Thomas Bowdler
Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read

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

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

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

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I am thankful for all the complaining I hear about our government because it means we have freedom of speech. – Nancie J. Carmody

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