"All censorships exist to prevent anyone from..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions.
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“A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid.”
“There is nothing on earth more exquisite than a bonny book, with well-placed columns of rich black writing in beautiful borders, and illuminated pictures cunningly inset. But nowadays, instead of looking at books, people read them. A book might as well be one of those orders for bacon and bran.”
“If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters.”
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“Don't spend your time in drilling soldiers, who may turn out hirelings after all, but give to undrilled peasantry a country to fight for.”
“Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal.”
“If I'm happy, I look happy; if I'm angry, I show it. Without worrying about how others may react.”
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“Togetherness, for me, means teamwork. In my business of motion pictures and television entertainment, many minds and skillful hands must collaborate...T he work seeks to comprehend the spiritual and material needs and yearnings of gregarious humanity. It makes us reflect how completely dependent we are upon one another in our social and commercial life.”
“Politics is more difficult than physics.”
“the average man does not want to be free. he simply wants to be safe.”