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While the debate over banned books usually seems to happen just outside the gates of government, it takes on a new danger and urgency when legislators get involved. Their actions cause voices to be silenced both inside and outside the books. That's un-American.

I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books. But when you have laws, you breed contempt if you don't enforce them.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights.

I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world.

A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.

Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.

Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.