Judith Krug famous quotes

You should have access to ideas and information regardless of your age. If anyone is going to limit or guide a young person, it should be the parent or guardian and only the parent or guardian.
-- Judith Krug

#Ideas #Parent #Age

I have a real problem when people say, "Well I walked by and you should have seen what was on the computer screen." Well, don't look, sweetie. It's none of your business. Avert your eyes.
-- Judith Krug

#Real #Eye #People

We know that there are children out there whose parents do not take the kind of interest in their upbringing and in their existence that we would wish, but I don't think censorship is ever the solution to any problem, be it societal or be it the kind of information or ideas that you have access to.
-- Judith Krug

#Children #Thinking #Ideas

Material that might be illegal is such a minuscule part of what is available that we have to remember and I mean not only librarians but everybody has to remember not to let it overshadow the incredible wealth of information that is available in this medium.
-- Judith Krug

#Mean #Might #Information

A librarian is not a legal process. There is not librarian in the country unless she or he is a lawyer who is in the position to determine what he or she is looking at is indeed child pornography.
-- Judith Krug

#Country #Children #Lawyer

I get very concerned when we start hearing people who want to convert this country into a safe place for children. I am adult. I want available what I need to see.
-- Judith Krug

#Country #Children #People

Toni Morrison is challenged regularly because she is a black author who writes about the real world. She speaks with so much knowledge about black issues she can't be accused of creating these (issues). People find these issues threatening.
-- Judith Krug

#Real #Writing #Creating

Libraries serve the information needs of all of the people in the community — not just the loudest, not just the most powerful, not even just the majority. Libraries serve everyone.
-- Judith Krug

#Powerful #People #Community

Blocking material leads to censorship. That goes for pornography and bestiality, too. If you don't like it, don't look at it... Every time I hear someone say, I want to protect the children, I want to pull my hair out.
-- Judith Krug

#Children #Block #Hair

It is all here. You make the choice.
-- Judith Krug

#Choices