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> [Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/sharing-knowledge-is-the-most-fundamental-act-of-friendship-because/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [By the way, I hope you all know about the worldwide boycott of Coca Cola company for things like murdering union organizers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/by-the-way-i-hope-you-all-know-about-the-worldwide-boycott-of-coca/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethical-user-controlled-free/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/whether-gods-exist-or-not-there-is-no-way-to-get-absolute-certainty/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [I'm trying to change the way people approach knowledge and information in general. I think that to try to own knowledge, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/i-m-trying-to-change-the-way-people-approach-knowledge-and/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [I'm the last survivor of a dead culture. And I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/i-m-the-last-survivor-of-a-dead-culture-and-i-don-t-really-belong-in/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/the-idea-of-copyright-did-not-exist-in-ancient-times-when-authors/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/the-paradigm-of-competition-is-a-race-by-rewarding-the-winner-we/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/without-absolute-certainty-what-do-we-do-we-do-the-best-we-can/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [I consider that the Golden Rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/i-consider-that-the-golden-rule-requires-that-if-i-like-a-program-i/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [With paper printed books, you have certain freedoms. You can acquire the book anonymously by paying cash, which is the way I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/with-paper-printed-books-you-have-certain-freedoms-you-can-acquire/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/i-could-have-made-money-this-way-and-perhaps-amused-myself-writing/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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## Other authors on Way

## More by Richard Stallman

> [All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/all-governments-should-be-pressured-to-correct-their-abuses-of-human/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [I consider that the Golden Rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it. Software…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/i-consider-that-the-golden-rule-requires-that-if-i-like-a-program-i/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/think-free-speech-not-free-beer/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be very very glad… DON'T buy a parrot figuring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/if-you-can-find-a-host-for-me-that-has-a-friendly-parrot-i-will-be/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/sharing-is-good-and-with-digital-technology-sharing-is-easy/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a company's machines instead of your own. The police need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/in-the-us-you-even-lose-legal-rights-if-you-store-your-data-in-a/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [EMACS could not have been reached by a process of careful design, because such processes arrive only at goals which are visible at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/emacs-could-not-have-been-reached-by-a-process-of-careful-design/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [A hacker is someone who enjoys playful cleverness—not necessarily with computers. The programmers in the old MIT free software community of the 60s and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/a-hacker-is-someone-who-enjoys-playful-cleverness-not-necessarily/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can use our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/when-i-launched-the-development-of-the-gnu-system-i-explicitly-said/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity, so if people who do this run into trouble, that's good! All businesses based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/writing-non-free-software-is-not-an-ethically-legitimate-activity-so/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [In essence, Chrome OS is the GNU/Linux operating system. However, it is delivered without the usual applications, and rigged up to impede and discourage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/in-essence-chrome-os-is-the-gnu-linux-operating-system-however-it-is/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/if-in-my-lifetime-the-problem-of-non-free-software-is-solved-i-could/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [Now that corporations dominate society and write the laws, each advance or change in technology is an opening for them to further restrict or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/now-that-corporations-dominate-society-and-write-the-laws-each/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [The idea of free software is that users of computing deserve freedom. They deserve in particular to have control over their computing. And proprietary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/the-idea-of-free-software-is-that-users-of-computing-deserve-freedom/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

> [Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free-software portable phone, but there is a long way to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/android-is-a-major-step-towards-an-ethical-user-controlled-free/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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