Without the ability to talk about government power... -Aaron Swartz

Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.

Aaron Swartz , Businessman
Related Topics
Related Authors
A. James Clark , Aaron Levie , Aaron Patzer , Abdallah Salem el-Badri , Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair , Abraham Zapruder , Aby Rosen
About Author

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....

Government Quotes to Explore

The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists....
There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no mat...
A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad g...
We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation....
The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their bas...
The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government....
You have to ask yourself seriously: does this government really want to do things or is it more interested in class struggle?...
We've listened to our businesses, and we know they want more tools online so they can do business faster - with less interaction with government....
I remember the day after the general election when Harold Wilson had lost, I remember quite clearly cycling from my house in Hutton along Long Ridings...
The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power to cut off from aid and comfort all the rebels of ...