F451 Quotes v2.5

Races views on books and banning

“Coloured people don't like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don't feel good about Uncle Tom's Cabin. Burn it.”

Beatty rant

“Don’t step on the toes of the dog lovers… Baptists… Germans.”

Beatty rants about subjects

“Philosophies, histories, languages dropped, English and spelling… almost completely ignored.”

Beatty rant authors

“All the minor minor minorities with their navels to be kept clean. Authors, full of evil thoughts.”

Beatty rant graduates

“school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators”

Beatty rant

“no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick”

Public accord

“The public itself stopped reading of its own accord”