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The way we've been neglecting to support our libraries throughout the country is a shame.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

The public library system of the United States is worth preserving.

For thousands and thousands of American kids, libraries are the only safe place they can find to study, a haven free from the dangers of street or the numbing temptations of television. As schools cut back services, the library looms even more important to countless children.

Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.

I have a passion for libraries. They are potentially real community centers.

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.