There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. – Andrew Carnegie
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. – Andrew Carnegie
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor. – Andrew Carnegie
As I grow older I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. – Andrew Carnegie
Every man should have a library. The works of the grandest masters of literature may now be procured at prices that place them within the reach almost of the very poorest, and we may all put Parnassian singing birds into our chambers to cheer us with the sweetness of their songs. – William E.A. Axon, October 1867