“Without the library, you have no civilization.”
“Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization.”
“Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies the world over. Without libraries, I would be a pauper, intellectually and spiritually.”
“Civilized nations build libraries; lands that have lost their soul close them down.”
“Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism."[Libraries on the Front Lines, ALA interview 2011]”
“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”