Theodore Schroeder:

Obscenity is not a quality inherent in a book or picture, but is solely and exclusively a contribution of the reading mind, and hence cannot be defined in terms of the qualities of a book or picture.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec:

A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?

Bertrand Russell:

Lord Campbell’s Act, as anyone may discover by reading the debates on it, was directed solely to the suppression of pornography, and it was thought at the time that it had been so drafted as to be incapable of use against other types of literature. This belief, however, was based upon an insufficient appreciation of the cleverness of policemen and the stupidity of magistrates.

Ray Bradbury:

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

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