Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it is bad economics.

Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men and women

Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics