“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it”

“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it”

You've seen this attributed to Mark Twain on T-shirts or online.

Mr Twain, like Yogi Berra, never said most of the things he said.

This exact quote first appeared in print in 2002.

There is, however, a nearly identical line from sci-fi author Robert Heinlein in 1950's "The Man Who Sold the Moon": “The whole principle is wrong; it’s like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can’t eat steak.” This was a response to another character's question "How about censorship?"

If you're curious, you can find the quote from the Amazon.com link immediately above by clicking on "search inside this book" and then typing "skim milk" into the search box.