There's no reason for the electors to overrule the popular choice. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The popular choice, by more than 2 million votes, is a completely qualified candidate for president. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I spend as little time with lawmakers as possible. Many are great. And more than you expect want real change. But they're… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
A world where Congressmen spend 30 to 70 percent of their time raising money from a tiny, tiny fraction of the 1%… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
When you think about a presidential candidate spending all of his or her time talking to that tiny, tiny fraction of us… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I don't care if the Koch brothers or Soros spend their money to promote one candidate or another. I care about members… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
If there were two candidates, a Democrat and a Republican, who each committed to the same kind of fundamental reform, then the… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who say we need to cut the amount of money that's spent in politics. I'm not… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“In the 1970s, 3 percent of retiring members became lobbyists. Thirty years later, that number has increased by an order of magnitude.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“But sometimes they're just oblivious, and their obliviousness brings out the worst in me. I remember once talking to one about the… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I find focusing clearly on the problem is the first step to seeing a solution. The problem is (a) the insane amount… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
As I've indicated, most books go out of print within one year. The same is true of music and film. Commercial culture is sharklike.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence, far removed… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Code plus law is combining to reduce rights consumers used to have. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear the rights… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Some blame the drug companies. I don't. They are corporations. Their managers are ordered by law to make money for the corporation. They push… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
By the time Apple's Macintosh operating system finally falls into the public domain, there will be no machine that could possibly run it. The… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
