“ A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear. Ellen Hopkins
“ Bring on the controversy. I write real life. It's harsh and sometimes gritty, but it's real. Why should we tip toe around that? Shandy L. Kurth
“ I hate it that Americans are taught to fear some books and some ideas as though they were diseases. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“ Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me. Judy Blume
“ Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about controlabout who issnapping the whip, who is saying no, and who is saying go. Censorship's bo… Stephen King
“ Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight. Stephen Chbosky
“ Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power. James Howe
“ Well, the man who first translated the bible into English was burned at the stake, and they've been at it ever since. Must be all that adultery, murder and incest. But not to worry. It's back on the s… Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“ Some children were lucky enough to have their Potter novels banned by witch-hunting school boards and micromanaging ministers. Is there any greater job than a book you're not allowed to read, a book y… Ann Patchett
“ Censors don’t want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the school library would be close to empty. Judy Blume
“ If a novelist were so uncouth and possessed of so little moral sense that he should write of illicit love, his book would be barred from the public libraries and he woukd be ostracized by society. Clyde Brion Davis
“ If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should… John F. Kennedy
