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Quote by John Perry Barlow

“The more you've got, the shorter it feels.”

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John Perry Barlow is an American poet known for his thoughts on the digital age and his advocacy for internet freedom. His work spans multiple domains including liberalism, individualism, and technological development. more

“History has shown that there are very few mechanisms as effective at maintaining the status quo as a set of institutionalized regulations. Once set in regulatory concrete, reconsideration of the basic underlying assumptions is very difficult. While it will be an uphill fight to re-examine the basic underlying assumptions of any law or administrative rule, it is clearly not impossible. It will just take longer than if not so well institutionalized.”

Ifs Wells Law Fighting Difficult Impossible Internet Assumption Mechanism Concrete Regulation Free Speech Status Quo Maintaining Administrative Reconsideration Maintaining The Status Quo

Author:Paul Baran

“If any issue should unite liberals and conservatives, anyone who cares about the integrity of human achievement or respect for human accomplishment, may we not all pledge to avoid the silly censoring that can lead to a codification of Orwell's Newspeak? Consider John Milton's reasons for why good arguments are often lost: 'For want of words, no doubt, or lack of breath!'”

Ifs Want Should Humans May Reason Care Lost Issues Doubt Internet Integrity Achievement Argument Breaths Silly Accomplishment No Doubt Free Speech Who Cares Pledge Milton Censoring

Author:Stephen Jay Gould

“The DEFENSE of anything is UNTENABLE. The only way to defend anything is to ATTACK, and if you ever forget that, then you will lose every battle you are ever engaged in, whether it is in terms of personal conversation, public debate, or a court of law. NEVER BE INTERESTED IN CHARGES. DO, yourself, much MORE CHARGING, and you will WIN.”

Ifs Way Law Winning Term Loses Forget Internet Battle Conversation Court Defense Debate Engaged Free Speech Charging

Author:L. Ron Hubbard

“Our culture is at a critical cusp - a time that requires that we define what it means to be a citizen in a democracy. Within our nation we need to foster a greater sense of collective responsibility.”

Needs Mean Culture Nations Responsibility Democracy Greater Internet Citizens Critical Collectives Free Speech Cusp Collective Responsibility

Author:Robert Neelly Bellah

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