THE BONFIRE OF LIBERTIES
The Congress hereby finds and declares-
that a high civilization must not limit its efforts to science and technology alone but must give full value and support to the other great branches of man's scholarly and cultural activities in order to achieve a better understanding of the past, a better analysis of the present, and a better view of the future.
-Act of Congress establishing the National Endowments for the Humanities and the Arts, 1965

"As good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself."
-John Milton
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