Quotes by Melville, Herman

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she >>

There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewh >>

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with o >>

Quotations about Censorship

This film is apparently meaningless, but if it has any meaning it is d >>

Art made tongue-tied by authority. >>

Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing an >>

If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books, should be forbid.

Melville, Herman