James H. Billington Professions : Librarian Born : June 1, 1929 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by James H. Billington Intellectual and cultural freedom is the most important single precondition for the breakdown of the kinds of tyrannical and totalitarian systems that periodically threaten us. James H. Billington liberty important intellectual Libraries are starting places for the adventure of learning that can go on whatever one's vocation and location in life. Reading is an adventure like that of discovery itself. Libraries are our base camp. James H. Billington reading discovery adventure Librarians are not just gatekeepers to knowledge, they are what the American Indians used to call their special sages who preserved the oral legends of a tribe: dream keepers. James H. Billington legends special dream Similar Authors Arthur Curley librarian Frances Clarke Sayers librarian Elizabeth Gould Davis librarian Melvil Dewey librarian Nancy Pearl librarian Judith Krug librarian All Authors
