Unjust power fears the truth

I want to remind us all that art is dangerous. I want to remind you of the history of artists who have been murdered, slaughtered, imprisoned, chopped up, refused entrance. The history of art, whether it's in music or written or what have you, has always been bloody, because dictators and people in office; and people who want to control and deceive know exactly the people who will disturb their plans. And those people are artists. -- Toni Morrison