#Books by Cody Kennedy

"Where hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible."― C. Kennedy

Books are the mirrors of the soul

“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”― Virginia Woolf, Between the Acts

The History of the Book

“The book is one of humanity's most enduring cultural artifacts and treasures. As it evolves, the greatest threat to its future is therefore not from technical advances but from the danger of new generations losing the inclination to read. The ability to read and write is our greatest tool in education, and, apart from the family, the single most important medium existing for the transmission of ideas and the continuance of an evolving human culture. Why should we continue to value, preserve, read, and write books? Simply because of what they represent. Books record our past and progress; contain our experiments, fancies, knowledge, and accumulated wisdom; proclaim our fears and ideas; and champion our ideals, dreams, and hopes for the future. More than any other medium, books carry the heart and soul of our civilisation forward, and keep it accessible. Long live the book!” Read Bruce’s wonderful history of the book here.

#Censorship - Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of...

“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” 

~Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, The One Un-American Act, Nieman Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 1953, p. 20.

#Censorship of constitutionally protected speech...

“Censorship [] of constitutionally protected speech, whether for protection or for any other reason, violates the First Amendment.” ~American Library Association.

#Censorship - If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment...

“If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.” ~Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan in re Texas v. Johnson

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.~Charles William Elliot