George Bernard Shaw Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"Censorship ends in logical completeness
when nobody is allowed to read any books
except the books that nobody reads."

by:	George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish comic dramatist
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Categories:	Censorship, Knowledge, Prohibition, Speech
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-- Joe, Rochester, MI
-- jim k, Austin
With a twist of humor, I like it. Censorship today is lead by threats of violence. With both ends of the socialist stick (communism / fascism - liberalism / conservatism - etc.) so firmly in place, those advancing Tesla's free energy, liberty and anything that would threaten profitable and the despotic hold over a once free We The People, by the occupying statist theocracy infesting this land is censored with threat of violence. -- Mike, Norwalk
Indeed. I think the Bill of Rights has stood as a strong defense against censorship and propaganda. The thing now is that the press is so big and powerful, they censor and spout propaganda for to further their OWN purposes. They control the coverage of the government and the political campaigns. They run the debates and decide who to invite. Ron Paul is a prime example of someone with a strong grass-roots following who the press did everything they could to keep out of the game. He won every debate, and had he been given the 'love' that Obama had gotten, he would be president today. Obviously Ron Paul and his ideas are a threat to big money and super-power -- if the overall policy is to stop borrowing, cut spending, and shore up the independence and responsibilities of the States and the People themselves, well, this is not going to be good for a lot of potential billionaires who benefit from all this easy funny money. -- E Archer, NYC