When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values,… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
In a time of polarized politics there's one thing that more than ninety percent of Americans agree on, that our government is… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
One theme of what I've been writing has been to get people to understand that "apolitical" means "you lose." It doesn't mean… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
When you think about a presidential candidate spending all of his or her time talking to that tiny, tiny fraction of us… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
A world where Congressmen spend 30 to 70 percent of their time raising money from a tiny, tiny fraction of the 1%… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Permission from the government is an expensive commodity. New ideas rarely have this kind of support. Old ideas often have deep legislative… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“So, ignorant we are. But we're not stupid. Indeed...remaining ignorant about politics and our government is a perfectly rational response to the… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who say we need to cut the amount of money that's spent in politics. I'm not… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
It might be crazy to expect a high government official to speak the truth. It might be crazy to believe that government… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Some blame the drug companies. I don't. They are corporations. Their managers are ordered by law to make money for the corporation.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
And with a practice of writing comes a certain important integrity. A culture filled with bloggers thinks differently about politics or public… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
As I've indicated, most books go out of print within one year. The same is true of music and film. Commercial culture is sharklike.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence, far removed… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear the rights… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
Some blame the drug companies. I don't. They are corporations. Their managers are ordered by law to make money for the corporation. They push… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
By the time Apple's Macintosh operating system finally falls into the public domain, there will be no machine that could possibly run it. The… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people understand public issues. It… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
I think if the copyright regime focuses on the people we are supposed to be helping, the artists and creators, and builds a system… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
There is still the illusion that if we could declare corporations are not people or that money is not speech, all would be solved.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share
