The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic zone, anti-sovereign and unregulatable, the Internet calls into question the very idea of a nation-state. — 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
“the first responsibility of a human being is to be a better ancestor.” — John Perry Barlow Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
I ... believe that angels, or something like them, sometimes live among us, hidden within our fellow human beings. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share
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
Any powerful technology has sauce for the goose and the gander... It's just an extension of humanity. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share
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
We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made… — John Perry Barlow Copy Share
The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share
