Critical Quote by Vartan Gregorian

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

“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

Libraries are what is best about us as a society: open, exciting, rich, informative, free, inclusive, engaging.

— Susan Orlean

“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…

— Sanford Berman

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

— 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

A library is a place that is a repository of information and gives every citizen equal access to it.

— Neil Gaiman

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

A library is a gateway to others' minds, hearts, and lives.

— Tamora Pierce

Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy.

— Marilyn Johnson

“A library is more than a brick and mortar building filled with delicious books. It is also a community of people who live to…

— ALA

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