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“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all—except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.”
caballtaz John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)
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“Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen”
Maimonides quotes (Spanish Philosopher, 1135-1204)
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“Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent to me”
Anatole France quotes (French Writer, member of the French Academy and Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921, 1844-1924)
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“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)
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“Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)
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“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)
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“The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, "The medicines of the soul."”
Oliver Wendell Holmes quotes (American Physician, Poet, Writer, Humorist and Professor at Harvard, 1809-1894)
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“Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.”
Marcel Proust quotes (French Novelist and Author, 1871-1922)
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“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes (Ancient Roman Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Orator and Statesman, 106 BC-43 BC)
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“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)
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“Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)
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