The quote was given to me by my uncle Kieth, who was the chief librarian in charge of periodicals at the main, central branch of the New York Public Library, lo

The quote was given to me by my uncle Kieth, who was the chief librarian in charge of periodicals at the main, central branch of the New York Public Library, long before the internet, there was more to the quote....in that the reason to kill the librarians, which they did a lot of durring the cultural revolution, was to eliminate those that understood the filing system, and was done as a part of the wholesale eliminating of discourse in western languages,philosophys, and systems. Dig a bit deeper, perhaps in chinese language books on Mao, but the quote does fit what was done. Edit. They kept the books though, and the card catolog of what is in.the Chinese national archives is rather astounding..