Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [21-32] of 32 Library quotesLibrary QuotesLibrary Previous 20 quotes Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered.~ Archibald Macleish There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.~ Archibald MacLeish Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.~ Archibald MacLeish A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face... one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.~ Charles Langbridge Morgan Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand virtually alone in accomplishing this.~ Toni Morrison Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.~ Ezra Pound I pray that no child of mine would ever descend into such a place as a library. They are indeed most dangerous places and unfortunate is she or he who is lured into such a hellhole of enjoyment, stimulus, facts, passion and fun.~ Willy Russell A library is an arsenal of liberty.~ Unknown The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.~ Voltaire By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors, we may turn the public mind which way we will.~ Adam Weishaupt Lock up your libraries if you like, but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.~ Virginia Woolf To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place upon what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries.~ Virginia Woolf Previous 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print