quote from Lenny Bruce (1925-1966), american stand-up comedian.lenny bruce was one of America's most visible victims of censorship. He spent much of his professional career fighting criminal charges of indecency and obscenity and trying to find work when he had been blacklisted. But hardly a mere loudmouth, bruce turned comedy and indecency into a philosophy, a way of living and a symbol of the dangers of censorship. he died August 3, 1966 of a morphine overdose.in 1974 a film about the life of lenny bruce, called lenny, came out, starring dustin hoffman as bruce.