Melvil Dewey quotes

The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant. (Melvil Dewey)
The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on. View quote
Melvil Dewey
To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when I look into the future, I am inclined to think that most of the men who achieve this greatness will be women. View quote
Melvil Dewey
The cheapness and quickness of modern methods of communication has been like a growth of wings, so that a thousand things which were thought to belong like trees in one place may travel about like birds. View quote
Melvil Dewey