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.
书不会因为被焚烧而毁灭。人们会死去，但书不会死去。没有任何人与势力能够摧毁记忆……在这场战争里，我们明白了书籍也可以是锋利的武器。使书成为维护人类自由的武器，这是你们所做的贡献的一部分。

——Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to the Booksellers of America
——罗斯福总统，给书商们的话