Banned Quote by Elaine Pagels

To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic an event…

— Bernard Lewis

“Scientific works and entire libraries were set to torch kindled by the insane religious fanatics. We have already mentioned the Bishop of Yucatan, who…

— Petr Beckman

“The Memorabilia, the abbey's small patrimony of knowledge out of the past, had been walled up in underground vaults to protect the priceless writings…

— Walter M. Miller Jr

What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where are fifty gospels, condemned as spurious by the bull…

— John Adams

I guess I was raised in a household with a lot of reverence for the physical sanctity of books. You didn't destroy books.

— Lev Grossman

Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors,…

— Richard Armour

For eighteen centuries every engine of destruction that human science, philosophy, wit, reasoning or brutality could bring to bear against a book has been…

— R. A. Torrey

Books were not looked upon as things unobtainable due to economic circumstances or class status. My grandfather stole an entire set of Dicken's from…

— Bob Hartley

“The Bible- banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals have attempted to discredit…

— Charles Colson

The BIBLE - banned, burned, beloved. More widely read, more frequently attacked than any other book in history. Generations of intellectuals have attempted to…

— Charles Colson

What havoc has been made of books through every century of the Christian era? Where are fifty gospels, condemned as spurious by the bull…

— John Adams

We all know that books burn, yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt