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> [“Libraries represent the sole contemporary American institution with the potential for making available a wide-ranging, genuinely diverse spectrum of opinions, cultural expressions, and ideas in an environment that is commercial-free and huckster-free, a commons where people can gather and select,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanford-berman/libraries-represent-the-sole-contemporary-american-institution-with/)

Sanford Berman

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## More by Sanford Berman

> [“I can't have information I know would be of use to someone and not share it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanford-berman/i-can-t-have-information-i-know-would-be-of-use-to-someone-and-not/)

Sanford Berman

> [“Libraries represent the sole contemporary American institution with the potential for making available a wide-ranging, genuinely diverse spectrum of opinions, cultural expressions, and ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanford-berman/libraries-represent-the-sole-contemporary-american-institution-with/)

Sanford Berman

> [“I can't have information I know would be of interest to someone and not share it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanford-berman/i-can-t-have-information-i-know-would-be-of-interest-to-someone-and/)

Sanford Berman

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