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Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly.

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.

On this tenth day of June, 1940, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.

Throughout the world, change is the order of the day.

State of the Union address (1935)

It seems to me that the dedication of a library is in itself an act of faith.

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