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“All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.”

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Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law.

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Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional.

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But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of a people or a society, even if they are wars of survival for certain businesses or, more accurately, business models. Thus we must keep i mind the other values or objectives that might also be affected…

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The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.

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Cultivate the habit of thinking ahead, and of anticipating the necessary and immediate consequences of all your actions… Likewise in your pleasures, ask yourself what such and such an amusement leads to, as it is essential to have an objective in everything you do. Any pastime that contributes nothing to bodily strength or to mental alertness is a totally ridiculous,…

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