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Thread #97623   Message #1927589
Posted By: GUEST,Quoth the Raven
05-Jan-07 - 02:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Posting with Civility
Subject: RE: BS: Posting with Civility
"Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense, has always been and always be the last resort of the boob and the bigot."

Eugene O'Neill
American playwright (1888-1953)

"Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest, and cowardice."

John Osborne
British playwright (1929-)

"The dread of censure is the death of genius."

William Simms
American novelist (1806-1870)

"Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself."

Potter Stewart
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1915-1985)

"Who will watch the watchers?"

Decimus Junius Juvenalis or JUVENAL
Roman rhetorician and satirical poet (1st to 2nd cent. A.D.)