“[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor.”

“A library should be like a pair of open arms.”

“All of the life-changing awesome
words and pictures and ideas
inside your library are useless
without just one word outside
your library: Open.”

“My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.”

“The best place to find things: the public library.”

“Here is the treasure chest of the world - the public library, or a bookstore.”

“In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks.”

“The Internet is a big boon to academic research. Gone are the days spent in dusty library stacks digging for journal articles. Many articles are available free to the public in open-access journal or as preprints on the authors’ website.”

“Libraries really are the gates to the future. So it is unfortunate that, round the world, we observe local authorities seizing the opportunity to close libraries as an easy way to save money, without realising that they are stealing from the future to pay for today. They are closing the gates that should be open.”

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