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Brandt Legg
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February 8 - February 10, 2019
“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.” – John F. Kennedy, October 29, 1960.
‘More powerful than armies and police, stronger than guns and bombs, words are what change the world, and that is why they’re always a threat to those that rule with corrupt ways.’
“All it takes is an idea. Harper always said that too. It’s rarely the person with the idea that causes any trouble. Ideas get out there, take on a life of their own. They infect people.”
“She was right about ideas. They do infect people. And books and other writings do spread them. Maybe that’s the real reason they’ve closed all the libraries.
“What’s the difference between a disease and a contrarian idea? Once the epidemic gets started, things will never be the same.”
“Books are more than words, they’re dreams, ideas, and answers, and that is why they fear them,”
“Isaac Asimov once wrote, ‘It isn't just a library, it is a space ship that will take you to the farthest reaches of the Universe, a time machine that will take you to the far past and the far future, a teacher that knows more than any human being, a friend that will amuse you and console you -- and most of all, a gateway, to a better, happier, and more useful life.’
In truth, a library contains the entire universe, and each book is a portal to a different world.”
“An ebook is like having a photo of a dead loved one. It’s convenient to look at and it will stir the mind, but it doesn’t breathe.”
A corrupt leader needs to control what the people think so they don’t revolt. There are three ways to do that: don’t allow them to learn anything that counters the official line, bombard them with propaganda disguised as news, and finally, give them a distraction, usually an enemy.”
If the books are burned, we don’t just lose words, we lose the truth.”
“Peace at gunpoint is not peace.”
Mark Twain’s words, “Truth is stranger than Fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
Corrupt people fear books because they contain something more powerful than themselves: ideas.
