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

Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it.

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.

There cannot be any greater challenge to the law than trying to adjudicate mass crimes like war crimes.

As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system-the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges-would take care of that; they didn't need his help.

The Guild is the authoritative voice of American writers.

Basbanes makes you love books.