The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.

"Science fiction is the literature of change."

I'm not afraid to take an idea to the extreme.

气候变化的挑战是我们这个世纪的战斗。

With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how.