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. It provides for free access to all expressions of ideas through which any and all sides of a question, cause or movement may be explored.
Intellectual freedom encompasses the freedom to hold, receive and disseminate ideas.
It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers. The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression has provided us with the attached PDF to display in libraries.