Did you ever hear anyone say, 'That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me'?
Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.
Fear is often disguised as moral outrage.
The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education.
To reject the word is to reject the human search.
Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.
Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.
There's more than one way to be a girl
It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
Art made tongue-tied by authority.
Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.
Without free speech no search for truth is possible. . . no discovery of truth is useful.
