| |  | | | | | | | | | | All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder.
For filth, I'm glad to say, is in the mind of the beholder.
When correctly viewed, everything is lewd.
I could tell you things about Peter Pan,
And the Wizard of OZ, there's a dirty old man! | | Tom Lehrer | | | Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads. | | George Bernard Shaw | | | If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free | | Franklin D. Roosevelt | | | If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty. | | John Fitzgerald Kennedy | | | It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics. | | Robert A. Heinlein | | | Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important. | | Mae West | | | | | The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any. | | Marilyn Monroe | | | | | Quotes: 1 - 8 of 8 | Pages: 1 | | | |
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