Books & Culture
Books are weapons in the war of ideas
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This week is Banned Books Week, a celebration of freedom and a reminder that censorship is always around the corner. This WWII-era poster includes a great quote by FDR about the importance of books in the fight against tyranny.
“Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man’s eternal fight against tyranny. In this war, we know, books are weapons.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
