Let Freedom Ring!
Posted by BSCLibraryStaff on July 2, 2009
Happy 4th of July from the BSC Library!
As expressed by some of our greatest Presidents, the work of libraries is vital in a free and democratic society.
A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.
— Thomas JEFFERSON (1743-1826)
Information is the currency of democracy.
— Thomas JEFFERSON (1743-1826)
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
— John F. KENNEDY (1917-1963)
A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
— James MADISON (1751-1836)
