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People Quotes by Richard Stallman
- 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…
- People said I should accept the world. Bullshit! I don't accept the world.
- Today many people are switching to free software for purely practical reasons. That is good, as far as it goes, but that isn't all we…
- Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult.
- I'm trying to change the way people approach knowledge and information in general. I think that to try to own knowledge, to try to control…
- We need to teach people to refuse to install non-free plug-ins; we need to teach people to care more about their long-term interest of freedom…
- People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.
- I never imagined that the Free Software Movement would spawn a watered-down alternative, the Open Source Movement, which would become so well-known that people would…
- It doesn't take special talents to reproduce--even plants can do it. On the other hand, contributing to a program like Emacs takes real skill. That…
- The Adobe flash plug-in is non-free software, and people should not install it, or suggest installing it, or even tell people it exists.
- 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 non-free…
- Paying isn’t wrong, and being paid isn’t wrong. Trampling other people’s freedom and community is wrong, so the free software movement aims to put an…
- Every decision a person makes stems from the person's values and goals. People can have many different goals and values; fame, profit, love, survival, fun,…
- Laws that oppress people have no moral authority
- So, make a real effort to avoid getting sucked into all the expensive lifestyle habits of typical Americans. Because if you do that, then people…
- People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not…
- I suppose many people will continue moving towards careless computing, because there's a sucker born every minute.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle