Information is power. But like all power, there ar... -Aaron Swartz

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Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.

Aaron Swartz , Businessman
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Aaron Swartz was a talented computer programmer, writer, and Internet activist. He co-founded Reddit and played a significant role in shaping the Open Access movement. Swartz's activism and efforts to promote open information and digital rights have made him an influential figure in the field of technology and digital freedom.

Aaron Swartz Quotes to Explore

With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil...
Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously....
I was around computers from birth; we had one of the first Macs, which came out shortly before I was born, and my dad ran a company that wrote compute...
Computers will be able to do all the mundane tasks in our daily lives....
Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves....
Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized a...
Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused....
At the end of the day, we have an economy that works for the rich by cheating the poor, and unequal schools are the result of that, not the cause....
Assume nobody else has any idea what they're doing, either....
Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer email, I write a little bit....

Power Quotes to Explore

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is ba...
Heart power is stronger than horsepower....
When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. He was always very supportive. He was a big star and a ...
Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the li...
With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fas...
Some essential oils, a nice massage followed by a power nap helps me start my Sunday on the right note. After a week full of running around, this beco...
The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the powe...
Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place....
Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corpora...
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating....