Quotation of the Day for January 6, 2015
"Writers are the ones who experience encroachments on freedom of expression most acutely, or first. The idea that we are seeing some similar patterns in free countries to those we've traditionally associated with unfree countries is pretty distressing."
- Suzanne Nossel, executive director of the PEN American Center, on a survey of writers that found that a significant majority were deeply concerned with government surveillance.
[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/arts/writers-say-they-feel-censored-by-surveillance.html]
Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Jan. 6, 2015
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