The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
The government targets 'Anonymous' for the same reason it targets al-Qaida - because they're the enemy. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest,… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
One can imagine the government's problem. This is all pretty magical stuff to them. If I were trying to terminate the operations… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
There are a lot of kids out there copying and distributing movies - not because they care about seeing the movies or sharing them… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
“the first responsibility of a human being is to be a better ancestor.” — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
I don't know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles, and our time together was filled with the events… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
I'm a member of that half of the human race which is inclined to divide the human race into two kinds of people. My… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
I ... believe that angels, or something like them, sometimes live among us, hidden within our fellow human beings. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
Any powerful technology has sauce for the goose and the gander... It's just an extension of humanity. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
Art is a service, not a product. Created beauty is a relationship, and a relationship with the Holy at that. Reducing such work to… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
