Thread by @SchmuelDavid

Libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts, hear all the alternatives, listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books + controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.
JFK

“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”
-George R.R. Martin

“Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it.”
-Mark Twain

#Censorship #SocialMedia

“All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.”
-George Orwell

"The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship."
-George Bernard Shaw

"As long as it is supported by Democratic politicians and by liberal Hollywood players, censorship is a useful tool to stifle dissent."
-Andrew Breitbart

"The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it."
-John Perry Barlow

“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
-JFK