"I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship."

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"The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"We have reached a censorship barrier in Infidelity, to our infinite disappointment. It won't be Joan's [Joan Crawford's] next picture and we are setting it aside awhile till we can think of a way of halfwitting halfwit Hayes and his legion of decency. Pictures needed cleaning up in 1932-33...but because they were suggestive and salacious. Of course the moralists now want to apply that to all strong themes-so the crop of the last two years is feeble and false, unless it deals with children."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

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"The only thing that is obscene is censorship."

Craig Bruce, American Radio Host

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"Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important."

Mae West, American Actress

Censorship, Dignity, Now, Right

"What is also strange to me is that public libraries have always been in the forefront of opposing censorship."

Matthew Lesko, American Entertainer

Censorship, Libraries, Public

"I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort."

Don Johnson, American Actor

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"The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance."

John Pilger, Australian Journalist

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"Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship."

Mike Rogers, American Politician

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"Self-censorship is more efficient than any police. You write and say not what you really think, but what you believe is acceptable. By that process we lose those revolutionary ideas that could change society for the better."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Censorship, Self, Police, Idea

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"When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care of the family and all of us, it wasn't that big a deal. It was fun. Hey, we're going to Moscow. We're going to Italy. We're going to Toronto. We're going to New York."

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"The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book."

"Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate."

"The only thing that is obscene is censorship."

"Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important."

"What is also strange to me is that public libraries have always been in the forefront of opposing censorship."

"I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort."

"The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance."

"Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship."

"Self-censorship is more efficient than any police. You write and say not what you really think, but what you believe is acceptable. By that process we lose those revolutionary ideas that could change society for the better."

Explore more quotes by Joe Mantegna

"There's now a Fat Tony doll, which cracks me up. But you feel honored that they asked you to do a voice."

"There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever."

"When they were small and my wife really had no other responsibilities, except taking care of the family and all of us, it wasn't that big a deal. It was fun. Hey, we're going to Moscow. We're going to Italy. We're going to Toronto. We're going to New York."

"Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody in the world kind of has an image of what that person is and who he should be and so you really have to do your homework."

"You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork."

"If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe that there's a flip side to this."

"I reached that day that I always thought might happen, where I say to myself I don't want to do this anymore. I'm looking for some stability. I want to stay home."

"There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers."

"I've loved it, but I have a wife and two children."

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