We want to tell American parents that they and they alone have total power to control every hour of television programming that comes into their home. - Jack Valenti

If you design your own machine, you can't fuss at people, because you're one of just a few. How many Linux users are there?

A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time certain when it becomes soiled and haggard, barren of its previous virtues. How does the consumer benefit from the steady decline of a film's quality?

The basic mission of the rating system is a simple one: to offer to parents some advance information about movies so that parents can decide what movies they want their children to see or not to see. The entire rostrum of the rating program rests on the assumption of responsibility by parents.