---
title: "1 World Worse Quotes By Richard Stallman"
description: "1 World Worse quotes by Richard Stallman. Plus more from Richard Stallman and more World Worse sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/richard-stallman-4048_amused_i-could-have-made-money-this-way-and-per_2552852.png"
---

> [I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I would look back on years of building walls to divide people, and feel I had spent…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/richard-stallman-4048_amused_i-could-have-made-money-this-way-and-per_2552852.png)

## 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/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-worse/richard-stallman/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 World Worse Quotes By Richard Stallman",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I would look back on years of building walls to divide people, and feel I had spent my life making the world a worse place.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Richard Stallman"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/i-could-have-made-money-this-way-and-perhaps-amused-myself-writing/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/richard-stallman-4048_amused_i-could-have-made-money-this-way-and-per_2552852.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/richard-stallman-4048_amused_i-could-have-made-money-this-way-and-per_2552852.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/richard-stallman-4048_amused_i-could-have-made-money-this-way-and-per_2552852.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I could have made money this way, and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my…” — Richard Stallman",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-worse/richard-stallman/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-worse/richard-stallman/",
            "name": "World Worse Quotes by Richard Stallman",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-worse/richard-stallman/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/richard-stallman-4048_amused_i-could-have-made-money-this-way-and-per_2552852.png"
            },
            "description": "1 World Worse quotes by Richard Stallman. Plus more from Richard Stallman and more World Worse sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-worse/richard-stallman/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-worse/richard-stallman/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "World Worse",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-worse/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Richard Stallman",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-worse/richard-stallman/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```