Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Santa Fe International Literary Festival. Humans have painted stories on cavern walls, etched them into clay tablets, and recounted them around the dinner table. Puebloans in New Mexico celebrate their storytellers in beautiful sculptures. The invention of the printing press in 1440 allowed readers across the world to access literature and begin to understand cultures and lives different from their own. Sadly, some fearful politicians want to limit our curiosity and knowledge. They are now banning books. In contrast, the Santa Fe International Literary Festival brings together the best literary minds from across the world to move us forward. Every participating author is exceptional and has included powerful authors whose award-winning books have been banned, like N. Scott Momaday, Margaret Atwood, and Julia Alvarez. At the festival, writers will take us around the world and back through history, like Doug Preston, Hampton Sides, and Diana Gabaldon, who will share their vision and their craft. Memorialists like Javier Zamora will take us on a 9-year-old's perilous journey of migration to the United States, hopefully increasing our empathy along the way. I congratulate to the festival on another year of spreading the joy of stories. Felicidades to the authors. National Police Week”