“Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.” LoveLoversYoung AdultLove StoryYoung Adult FictionCensorshipTeensTeen FictionFreedom Of SpeechLoverTeenTeenagersTeenage LoveFreedom Of ThoughtYoung LoveYoung Adult RomanceFreedom Of ExpressionYoung Adult FantasyFreedom Of ChoiceCensoringRite Of PassageYoung LoversTeenagers And ParentsTeen FantasyYoung Adult NovelsYoung Adult Urban FantasyYoung Adult LiteratureRites Of PassageCensorCensorsLovers FictionalFreedom To ExpressMinors RightsYoung Adult Readers Author:Margaret A. Edwards
“Censors are not virtuous but cowards, virtuous people can debate ideas that upset them and not demand opposing thoughts or words be expunged.” VirtueVirtuousEraseHideCowardsCensorsExpunge Author:C.A.A. Savastano
“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.” LibraryCensorshipBanned BooksCensorsBanned Books WeekJudy Blume Author:Judy Blume
“If you seek to ever redefine the meaning of words to your benefit you are trying redefine speech and thus limit opposing thought, those who do so are censors and tyrants who should be opposed at every turn.” SpeechTyrantsBenefitOpposeRedefineCensors Author:C.A.A. Savastano
“Our freedoms are vanishing. If you do not get active to take a stand now against all that is wrong while we still can, then maybe one of your children may elect to do so in the future, when it will be far more riskier — and much, much harder.” PeopleWorldChildrenHardGovernmentActionPoliticsPeaceChangeJusticeFreedomUnitedLibertyDemocracyRiskYouthRevolutionFutureVoteSocial JusticeDemocraticUnityInjusticeHuman RightsEqualityCorruptionCivil RightsAdministrationVotingControlCheatingRebellionCensorshipFreedom Of SpeechSocial ChangeDissentRevoltElectionsCorruptCivil LibertiesSystemStand UpPublicRiggedFairTake A StandRegulationsElectCorrupt PoliticsSuppressCensorRiggingCensorsRiskierUnfair Elections Book:Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Americans aren’t accustomed to reading poems as words written to slip past a censor; readers in other places and times have read poetry that way always.” WritingAmericaPoetryPoemActivismCensorshipAmericansCensors Author:Jane Hirshfield