"Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper." -- Ai Weiwei --
"Young adults are young adults, after all, not overgrown children." -- Stacey Jay --
"The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers." -- Judy Blume --
"You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset." --Robert Cormier --
"Censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion." --Henry Steele Commager --
"Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of authoritarian regime."
-- Potter Stewart --
"Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only weapon against bad ideas is better ideas."
--Alfred Whitney Griswold --
"The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feel contained in the book are disappearing as the pages turn to ashes and the cover and binding - which is the term for the stitching and glue that holds the pages together - blacken and curl as the flames do their wicked work. When someone is burning a book, they are showing utter contempt for all of the thinking that produced its ideas, all of the labor that went into its words and sentences, and all of the trouble that befell the author...." --Lemony Snicket--
"Young adults are young adults, after all, not overgrown children." -- Stacey Jay --
"The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers." -- Judy Blume --
"You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset." --Robert Cormier --
"Censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion." --Henry Steele Commager --
"Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of authoritarian regime."
-- Potter Stewart --
"Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only weapon against bad ideas is better ideas."
--Alfred Whitney Griswold --
"The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feel contained in the book are disappearing as the pages turn to ashes and the cover and binding - which is the term for the stitching and glue that holds the pages together - blacken and curl as the flames do their wicked work. When someone is burning a book, they are showing utter contempt for all of the thinking that produced its ideas, all of the labor that went into its words and sentences, and all of the trouble that befell the author...." --Lemony Snicket--