Friends of the Richmond Public Library

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

Henry Ward Beecher, author

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher

Libraries showed me the world beyond my limited horizons.

Sarah Bracey White, author

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

Carl T. Rowan, journalist & author