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title: "7 Free Information Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [In our modern age - in the age of free information - I don't think there is any place for dictatorships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashid-al-ghannushi/in-our-modern-age-in-the-age-of-free-information-i-don-t-think-there/)

[Rashid al-Ghannushi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashid-al-ghannushi/)

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> [If you live in a country where there is nothing comparable to free information, often literature becomes the only way to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-vargas-llosa/if-you-live-in-a-country-where-there-is-nothing-comparable-to-free/)

[Mario Vargas Llosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-vargas-llosa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/mario-vargas-llosa-1493_books_if-you-live-in-a-country-where-there-is_537475.png)

> [Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/antitrust-is-the-way-that-the-government-promotes-markets-when-there/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/bill-gates-137_antitrust_antitrust-is-the-way-that-the-government_971463.jpg)

> [Information wants to be free. Information also wants to be expensive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-brand/information-wants-to-be-free-information-also-wants-to-be-expensive/)

[Stewart Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-brand/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd7/stewart-brand-11295_data_information-wants-to-be-free-information_1017789.jpg)

> [Our information lives will be better served when we are free to get to our information from wherever we are, with any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/our-information-lives-will-be-better-served-when-we-are-free-to-get/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to be valuable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-wall/information-doesn-t-want-to-be-free-information-wants-to-be-valuable/)

[Larry Wall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-wall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/094/larry-wall-1576_data_information-doesn-t-want-to-be-free-info_1959297.png)

> [I cannot imagine the type of sinister fiend who would be against the library. A library essentially says, 'Look, here is some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/i-cannot-imagine-the-type-of-sinister-fiend-who-would-be-against-the/)

[Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/)

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