Johannes Gutenberg — "God suffers in the great multitudes whom his sacred word cannot reach."

"Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world."

"Religious truth is captive in a small number of manuscript books, which guard the common treasure, instead of diffusing it. Let us break the seal which holds the holy things; give wings to the truth t…"

"The work of the scribes is doomed to oblivion."

"God suffers in the multitude of souls whom the scriptures cannot reach."

"It is a press, certainly, but a press from which shall soon flow in inexhaustible streams the most abundant and most marvelous liquor that has ever flowed to relieve the thirst of men!"