With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for... -Aaron Swartz

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 liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough.

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....

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When we were younger, but still of legal drinking age, it would be things like Goldschlager or peppermint schnapps. Things like that are not something...
I am a firm believer in open justice, and an opponent of closed justice in any normal circumstances. But I am also an opponent of legal purism, and ha...
Without legal aid, and the dedicated lawyers who deliver it, our system of justice would quite simply collapse....
Pride and Prejudice' is set in the early 19th century. At that time, women had the legal status of children. A daughter was the property of her father...
I never wanted to launch legal action, but Cricket Australia simply left me no option. James Sutherland himself said that, to an extent, I had been ma...
Over the last few years, we have seen too many politicians disregard the Constitution as they voted to increase the size and scope of government. I wi...
Being enrolled in a college does not free you from the legal obligation to become domiciled....
Access to our civil courts has been severely restricted by the combination of: the removal of legal aid from some cases based on their type, not their...
To state that lethal force should not be used without a proper legal justification is to state the obvious....
I came in as a legal immigrant. My dad came first. We had to wait about a year....