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title: "2 File sharing Quotes By Aaron Swartz"
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> [We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and add it to the archive. We need to buy secret databases and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/we-need-to-take-information-wherever-it-is-stored-make-our-copies-and/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/aaron-swartz-11684_add_we-need-to-take-information-wherever-it_1316668.png)

> [We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file-sharing networks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/we-need-to-download-scientific-journals-and-upload-them-to-file/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/aaron-swartz-11684_download_we-need-to-download-scientific-journals_2011900.png)

## More by Aaron Swartz

> [Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/without-the-ability-to-talk-about-government-power-there-s-no-way-for/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/most-people-it-seems-stretch-the-truth-to-make-themselves-seem-more/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/as-the-internet-breaks-down-the-last-justifications-for-a/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/normally-i-just-sit-in-my-quiet-little-room-and-do-the-small-things/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/but-like-all-power-there-are-those-who-want-to-keep-it-for-themselves/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/what-is-the-most-important-thing-you-could-be-working-on-in-the-world/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [Social Security got passed because John D. Rockefeller was sick of having to take money out of his profits to pay for his workers'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/social-security-got-passed-because-john-d-rockefeller-was-sick-of/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/what-if-there-was-a-library-which-held-every-book-not-every-book-on/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [Books are totally useless unless you take their advice. If you just keep reading them, thinking "that's so insightful! that changes everything," but never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/books-are-totally-useless-unless-you-take-their-advice-if-you-just/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/but-all-of-this-action-goes-on-in-the-dark-hidden-underground-it-s/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/with-enough-of-us-around-the-world-we-ll-not-just-send-a-strong/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [There's all sorts of stuff people want to publish anonymously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/there-s-all-sorts-of-stuff-people-want-to-publish-anonymously/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [Now, as far as I know, nobody has ever put up the U.S.'s nuclear missiles on the Internet. I mean, it's not something I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/now-as-far-as-i-know-nobody-has-ever-put-up-the-u-s-s-nuclear/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [What is "this drive"? It's the tendency to not simply accept things as they are but to want to think about them, to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/what-is-this-drive-it-s-the-tendency-to-not-simply-accept-things-as/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

> [Life is short ... so why waste it doing something dumb?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-swartz/life-is-short-so-why-waste-it-doing-something-dumb/)

[Aaron Swartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-swartz/)

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