John Perry Barlow

There are a lot of kids out there copying and distributing movies - not because they care about seeing the movies or…

— John Perry Barlow

“the first responsibility of a human being is to be a better ancestor.”

— John Perry Barlow

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

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be…

— John Perry Barlow

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

I don't know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles, and our time together was filled with…

— John Perry Barlow

I'm a member of that half of the human race which is inclined to divide the human race into two kinds of…

— John Perry Barlow

I ... believe that angels, or something like them, sometimes live among us, hidden within our fellow human beings.

— John Perry Barlow

I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair.

— John Perry Barlow

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky…

— John Perry Barlow

Any powerful technology has sauce for the goose and the gander... It's just an extension of humanity.

— John Perry Barlow

Art is a service, not a product. Created beauty is a relationship, and a relationship with the Holy at that. Reducing such…

— John Perry Barlow

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

Incompetence is a double-edged banana.

— John Perry Barlow

The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.

— John Perry Barlow

Google, Amazon, Apple. Any number of cloud providers and computer service providers who can increasingly limit your access to your own information,…

— John Perry Barlow

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods.

— John Perry Barlow

The 'Total Information Awareness' project is truly diabolical - mostly because of the legal changes which have made it possible in the…

— John Perry Barlow

The Internet is the most liberating tool for humanity ever invented, and also the best for surveillance. It's not one or the…

— John Perry Barlow

Hope does not always require probability.

— John Perry Barlow

I have always felt that no matter how inscrutable its ways and means, the universe is working perfectly and working according to…

— John Perry Barlow

Imagine discovering a continent so vast that it may have no end to its dimensions. Imagine a new world with more resources…

— John Perry Barlow

I support freedom of expression, no matter whose, so I oppose DDoS attacks regardless of their target... they're the poison gas of…

— John Perry Barlow

If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly knowledgeable…

— John Perry Barlow

If you're not lost, you're not much of an explorer.

— John Perry Barlow