censorship
... Censorship refers to the suppression of information or ideas. ... Censorship violates the First Amendment, which states that American citizens have the right to Freedom of Expression (Freedom of Expression). ... Censorship is very evident in literature, and more and more books are being banned each day. ... The United States has a Democratic government, which allows the citizens to have rights, but with censorship those rights are taken away. ... It is the books that will never be written, the books that will never be read all due to the fear of censorship” (University Star). ... Holbrook Jackson notes, “Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice” (Quotes about Censorship). ... Book banning is a rapidly growing problem that needs to be addressed, and society is taking censorship too far by banning such classics as those by Mark Twain, Alice Walker, and Aldous Huxley. ... Censorship violates the First Amendment of the Constitution.