George Bernard Shaw Quotes About Censorship
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The censorship method ... is that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient.
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The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
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All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles.
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All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions.
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Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read.
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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
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