Marilyn Johnson Inspirational Quotes (6)

Librarians consider free access to information the foundation of democracy.

Libraries have always been there for me. Of course I'll stand up for them!

They seemed to be quiet types, the women and men in rubber-soled shoes. Their favorite word, after literacy, was privacy--for their patrons and themselves.

We'll always need printed books that don't mutate the way digital books do we'll always need places to display books, auditoriums for book talks, circles for story time we'll always need brick-and-mortar libraries.

The vast waterfall of history pours down, and a few obituarists fill teacups with the stories.

Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read and learn the same things as the billionaire and the PhD.