Advantage Quote by Louis L'Amour

“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 the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to us is…

— Arthur Curley

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

“Libraries are not, or at least should not be, engines of productivity. If anything, they should slow people down and seduce them with the…

— Barbara Fister

Libraries serve the information needs of all of the people in the community — not just the loudest, not just the most powerful, not…

— Judith Krug

Libraries can be of indispensable service in lifting the dead weight of poverty and ignorance.

— Francis Keppel

As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the…

— Karin Slaughter

“Kids who read become students who do well in school. Students who do well in school go to college. College students graduate to good…

— Alan Bennett

The richest minds need not large libraries.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

In tight economic times, with libraries sliding farther and farther down the list of priorities, we risk the loss of their ideals, intelligence, and…

— Marilyn Johnson

“If we didn't already have libraries, they would now have to be invented. They are the keys to American success in fully exploiting the…

— James Billington

Existing libraries, in their very being, seem to question the authority of those in power.

— Alberto Manguel