This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

About This Quote

In a speech given by First Lady Michelle Obama, she stated that what we need now is not a book for every American, but rather those who will make those books. That’s how we can make our country great. Nobody wants to read a book anymore. If you want to learn something, you go to the internet and read it there.

With that said, do we really need all those books? If people really wanted to learn something, they would go to the internet and learn it there. There is no need for all those books and there is no need for people to read them.

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