“Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.” GovernmentPoliticsTechnologySecurityInternetProtectWindowAskingBlindPrivacyTomsFree SpeechPeepingPowerful GovernmentPrivacy And Security Author: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 have made before.” WorldMindMayMadeGovernmentTechnologyCivilizationFairsHumaneCyberspace Author: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 global economic zone, anti-sovereign and unregulatable, the Internet calls into question the very idea of a nation-state.” IdeasRealStatesGovernmentNationsLibertyIssuesEconomicInternetCreatingLibertarianZoneLibertarianismSovereignSeamless Author:John Perry Barlow
“One can imagine the government's problem. This is all pretty magical stuff to them. If I were trying to terminate the operations of a witch coven, I'd probably seize everything in sight. How would I tell the ordinary household brooms from the getaway vehicles?” IfsTryingProblemGovernmentStuffImaginationImagineMagicOrdinarySightOperationsWitchVehicleHouseholdBroomsGetaways Author:John Perry Barlow
“Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly the same way we are worrying about government.” ThinkingWayNeedsGovernmentWorryLibertarianWorried Author:John Perry Barlow
“The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable.” KnowsGovernmentForceOne ThingMonopoly Author:John Perry Barlow
