John Osborne Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

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

by:	John Osborne (1929-1994) British playwright
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Categories:	Censorship, Courage, Fear, Free Thought, Prohibition, Propaganda, Speech
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Hmmm...When you change the way you look at things,the things you look at change.When perception is altered by new understanding,beliefs become rearranged. -- Kevin Shearer, Quote.(1 of many) 1
Cantors of the occupying statist theocracy infesting this land have a most concealed dogma that they may not sing against. The censorship of all that is outside the indolent dogma is truly based on self-interest and cowardice. -- Mike, Norwalk
-- jim k, Austin
I like "censorship is social blasphemy." ;-) What does that make Facebook, the "social blasphemy network" ? The "indolence, self-interest and cowardice" evidently apply... -- E Archer, NYC 1