Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2004-06-06 Jun 4, 2004As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.~ J. Robert OppenheimerExpress everything you like. No word can hurt you. None. No idea can hurt you. Not being able to express an idea or word will hurt you more. Like a bullet.~ Jamaica KincaidIt is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions make it impossible to earn a living.~ Bertrand Russell Jun 3, 2004I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.~ Franz KafkaA truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.~ Jo GodwinI pray that no child of mine would ever descend into such a place as a library. They are indeed most dangerous places and unfortunate is she or he who is lured into such a hellhole of enjoyment, stimulus, facts, passion and fun.~ Willy Russell Jun 2, 2004Freedom of the press, freedom of association, the inviolability of domicile, and all the rest of the rights of man are respected so long as no one tries to use them against the privileged class. On the day they are launched against the privileged they are overthrown.~ Prince Peter KropotkinDid you ever hear anyone say, “That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me.”~ Joseph Henry JacksonThe burning of an author’s books, imprisonment for opinion’s sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time.~ Joseph Lewis Jun 1, 2004To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or knaves.~ Claude-Adrien HelvetiusI’m going to introduce a resolution to have the postmaster general stop reading dirty books and deliver the mail.~ Gail W. McGeeEvery attempt to gag the free expression of thought is an unsocial act against society. That is why judges and juries who try to enforce such laws make themselves ridiculous.~ Jay Fox May 31, 2004Under the privilege of the First Amendment many, many ridiculous things are said.~ John Kenneth GalbraithThe Internet…has become the voice of the people in the first genuine experiment in democracy yet conducted in America. It stands ready to serve every facet, every faction.~ Gerry SpenceAll of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf -- that book I abhor -- then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.~ Katherine Patterson Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print