Quotes by Henry Commager

• Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
• It's awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.
• Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.
• The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.