Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory…In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom.


'Message to the Booksellers of America' 6 May 1942, in Publisher's Weekly 9 May 1942

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory…In this war, we know, books are weapons....

Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory…In this war, we know, books are weapons....

Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory…In this war, we know, books are weapons....

Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory…In this war, we know, books are weapons....