Through the Internet, I've developed a strong soci... -Aaron Swartz

Through the Internet, I've developed a strong social network - something I could never do if I had to keep my choice of peers within school grounds.

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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....

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If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun....
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal....
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident....
To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination....
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions....
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been o...
No sanction can stand against ignited minds....
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me....
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities....
Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want....