14 Movie Quotes about Censorship (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: May 22, 2026

Memorable quotes about censorship, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 At least he is not a book burner, you Nazi cow.

Amy Madigan as Annie Kinsella in Field of Dreams (1989)

2 I've got a better idea. Let's put it to a vote. All right? Who's for Eva Braun here? Who wants to burn books?

Amy Madigan as Annie Kinsella in Field of Dreams (1989)

3 It's actually been banned in Saudi Arabia for being too safe.

Quote from The Dictator (2012)

4 Got a special tutor to read me all those books that were banned in Boston.

Quote from Some Like It Hot

5 Who thinks that we have to stand up to the kind of censorship that they had under Stalin?

Amy Madigan as Annie Kinsella in Field of Dreams (1989)

6 No, but we're getting around the FBI by doing the show in collaboration with the news division. We're standing on the First Amendment, Freedom of the Press and the right to protect our sources.

Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen in Network (1976)

7 Shh, no, no, don't say the p word.

Quote from Darkwing Duck (1991)

8 That's censorship. That's not what America's all about.

Quote from Good Morning, Vietnam

9 And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.

Quote from V for Vendetta

10 You stole them? -Heavens, no. Stealing implies ownership. You can't steal from the censor. I merely reclaimed them.

Quote from V for Vendetta