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> [“Your don't have to burn books to destroy culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/your-don-t-have-to-burn-books-to-destroy-culture-just-get-people-to/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [“People can burn down books... but not knowledge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alin-sav/people-can-burn-down-books-but-not-knowledge/)

[Alin Sav](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alin-sav/)

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> [There's no reason to burn books if you don't read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/there-s-no-reason-to-burn-books-if-you-don-t-read-them/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [They don't gotta burn the books they just remove 'em](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/they-don-t-gotta-burn-the-books-they-just-remove-em/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

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> [Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-heine/wherever-they-burn-books-they-will-also-in-the-end-burn-human-beings/)

[Heinrich Heine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-heine/)

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> [Ugly hell, gape not! come not, Lucifer! I'll burn my books!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-marlowe/ugly-hell-gape-not-come-not-lucifer-i-ll-burn-my-books/)

[Christopher Marlowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-marlowe/)

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> [“First they burn the books, and then the bodies follow”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kane-x-faucher/first-they-burn-the-books-and-then-the-bodies-follow/)

[Kane X. Faucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kane-x-faucher/)

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> [Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gleick/vengeful-conquerors-burn-books-as-if-the-enemy-s-souls-reside-there/)

[James Gleick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gleick/)

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> [“You don't have to burn books, do you, if the world starts to fill up with nonreaders, nonlearners, non-knowers?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-don-t-have-to-burn-books-do-you-if-the-world-starts-to-fill-up/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [Those who want to burn books are either afraid of the ideas contained within the covers or they haven't the courage to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-douglas/those-who-want-to-burn-books-are-either-afraid-of-the-ideas-contained/)

[Tommy Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-douglas/)

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> [“The censors of our age do not yet burn books, they attempt to restrict speech in the name of "offense". The tactics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmine-savastano/the-censors-of-our-age-do-not-yet-burn-books-they-attempt-to-restrict/)

[Carmine Savastano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmine-savastano/)

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> [“The problem in our country isn't with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. You don't have to burn books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-problem-in-our-country-isn-t-with-books-being-banned-but-with-2/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [“Noooo They can't burn up Books aren't any good when they're well done You can't cook them that long”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mizuki-nomura/noooo-they-can-t-burn-up-books-aren-t-any-good-when-they-re-well-done/)

[Mizuki Nomura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mizuki-nomura/)

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> [Fire is a speed reader, which is why the ignorant burn books: fire races through pages, takes care of all the knowledge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-mccracken/fire-is-a-speed-reader-which-is-why-the-ignorant-burn-books-fire/)

[Elizabeth McCracken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-mccracken/)

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> [Censorship is a strange situation. There was times when people would burn books because they didn't like what people were doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-berryman/censorship-is-a-strange-situation-there-was-times-when-people-would/)

[Michael Berryman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-berryman/)

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> [The first thing a fascist regime does is burn books. To not have them around would mean to make sure they're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-peirce/the-first-thing-a-fascist-regime-does-is-burn-books-to-not-have-them/)

[Kimberly Peirce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-peirce/)

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> [The problem in our country isn't with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. Look at the magazines, the newspapers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-problem-in-our-country-isn-t-with-books-being-banned-but-with/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [... because real thoughts come from outside and travel with us like the noodle soup we take to work; in other words,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/because-real-thoughts-come-from-outside-and-travel-with-us-like-the/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

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> [“Andras Riedlmayer described a colleague who survived the siege of Sarajevo. In the winter, the scholar and his wife ran out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-battles/andras-riedlmayer-described-a-colleague-who-survived-the-siege-of/)

[Matthew Battles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-battles/)

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> [“Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-heine/where-they-burn-books-at-the-end-they-also-burn-people/)

[Heinrich Heine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-heine/)

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> [You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/you-don-t-have-to-burn-books-to-destroy-a-culture-just-get-people-to/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [“Where they burn books they will in the end burn people too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/where-they-burn-books-they-will-in-the-end-burn-people-too/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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> [“To put an end to the spirit of inquiry that has characterized the West it is not necessary to burn the books.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-hutchins/to-put-an-end-to-the-spirit-of-inquiry-that-has-characterized-the/)

[Robert M. Hutchins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-hutchins/)

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## Top authors on Burn Books

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/burn-books/ray-bradbury/)

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