--- title: "4 Ethical Quotes By Richard Stallman" description: "4 Ethical quotes by Richard Stallman. Plus more from Richard Stallman and more Ethical sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/richard-stallman-4048_android_android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethic_471707.png" --- > [Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethical-user-controlled-free/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/richard-stallman-4048_android_android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethic_471707.png) > [Many users of the GNU/Linux system will not have heard the ideas of free software. They will not be aware that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/many-users-of-the-gnu-linux-system-will-not-have-heard-the-ideas-of/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/richard-stallman-4048_associated_many-users-of-the-gnu-linux-system-will_722291.png) > [The idea that laws decide what is right or wrong is mistaken in general. Laws are, at their best, an attempt to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/the-idea-that-laws-decide-what-is-right-or-wrong-is-mistaken-in/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/richard-stallman-4048_achieve_the-idea-that-laws-decide-what-is-right_2034729.png) > [Talking about freedom, about ethical issues, about responsibilities as well as convenience, is asking people to think about things they might prefer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/talking-about-freedom-about-ethical-issues-about-responsibilities-as/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/richard-stallman-4048_asking_talking-about-freedom-about-ethical-issu_2398944.jpg) ## Other authors on Ethical ## More by Richard Stallman > [All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/all-governments-should-be-pressured-to-correct-their-abuses-of-human/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [I consider that the Golden Rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Software…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/i-consider-that-the-golden-rule-requires-that-if-i-like-a-program-i/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/think-free-speech-not-free-beer/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be very very glad… DON'T buy a parrot figuring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/if-you-can-find-a-host-for-me-that-has-a-friendly-parrot-i-will-be/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/sharing-is-good-and-with-digital-technology-sharing-is-easy/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a company's machines instead of your own. The police need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/in-the-us-you-even-lose-legal-rights-if-you-store-your-data-in-a/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [EMACS could not have been reached by a process of careful design, because such processes arrive only at goals which are visible at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/emacs-could-not-have-been-reached-by-a-process-of-careful-design/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [A hacker is someone who enjoys playful cleverness—not necessarily with computers. The programmers in the old MIT free software community of the 60s and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/a-hacker-is-someone-who-enjoys-playful-cleverness-not-necessarily/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can use our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/when-i-launched-the-development-of-the-gnu-system-i-explicitly-said/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity, so if people who do this run into trouble, that's good! All businesses based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/writing-non-free-software-is-not-an-ethically-legitimate-activity-so/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [In essence, Chrome OS is the GNU/Linux operating system. However, it is delivered without the usual applications, and rigged up to impede and discourage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/in-essence-chrome-os-is-the-gnu-linux-operating-system-however-it-is/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/if-in-my-lifetime-the-problem-of-non-free-software-is-solved-i-could/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [Now that corporations dominate society and write the laws, each advance or change in technology is an opening for them to further restrict or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/now-that-corporations-dominate-society-and-write-the-laws-each/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [The idea of free software is that users of computing deserve freedom. They deserve in particular to have control over their computing. And proprietary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/the-idea-of-free-software-is-that-users-of-computing-deserve-freedom/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) > [Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethical-user-controlled-free/) [Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ethical/richard-stallman/#itemlist", "name": "4 Ethical Quotes By Richard Stallman", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Stallman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethical-user-controlled-free/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/richard-stallman-4048_android_android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethic_471707.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/richard-stallman-4048_android_android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethic_471707.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/richard-stallman-4048_android_android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethic_471707.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a…” — Richard Stallman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many users of the GNU/Linux system will not have heard the ideas of free software. 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