In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a symbol of opportunity, citizenship, equality, freedom of speech and freedom of thought, and hence, is a symbol for democracy itself.

It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that self-improvement has glamour, that hope has glamour.

The universe is not going to see someone like you again in the entire history of creation.

The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our democracy.

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

The book is here to stay. What we're doing is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of the book and the computer.

Everybody is somebody, so you don't have to introduce anybody.