Democratic Quote by Doris Lessing

A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants: demagogues can persecute…

— Doris Lessing

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but…

— Doris Lessing

The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our…

— Vartan Gregorian

I can think of few more worthy achievements than keeping a library alive and well for a century. As far as I am concerned,…

— Gillian Roberts

One of the most subversive institutions in the United States is the public library..

— Bell Hooks

The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.

— Elizabeth Taylor

“Libraries are innately subversive institutions, born of the radical notion that every member of society deserves free, high-quality access to knowledge and culture.”

— Matt Finch

When a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too.

— Bill Moyers

If information is the currency of democracy, then libraries are its banks.

— Wendell H. Ford

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…

— James A. Michener

The point of a library's existence is not persuasion or evangelism, but knowledge. It is irrelevant to the good library whether, as an institution,…

— Robert Hughes

No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns…

— Karin Slaughter