So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Category Archives: Quotations Freedom
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of governmental …
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of governmental power. General Douglas MacArthur
1880-1964
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of …
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us. Justice William O. Douglas
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, …
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States, 1961-1963 (1917-1963)
It is stupid to get into an argument with a fool because …
It is stupid to get into an argument with a fool because people won’ t know the difference. Rush Limbaugh
Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone. John Quincy Adams …
Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone.
John Quincy Adams
Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, ‘What greater service …
Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, ‘What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.’ But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector. Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, October 27, 1964
Yes, every bit of saved energyNby insulating homes, driving lessNhelps. But we …
Yes, every bit of saved energyNby insulating homes, driving lessNhelps. But we shouldn’t fool ourselves that individual eco-conscious behavior can prevent dangerous global warming.E Newsweek
April 14, 2008
Strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to …
Strait is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to liberty, and few nations, if any, have found it. John Adams
What technologists do is create technologies. What policymakers do is try to …
What technologists do is create technologies. What policymakers do is try to control technologies that do ill and what criminals do is use the technology for ill purposes. So go after the criminals, not the technologists.Computer technologists should not be held to a higher standard than anyone else. These questions were never asked when automobiles, paper clips, candlesand computers themselves were invented. Fortunately not, because if society were bound to invent technologies which could only be used entirely within the law, then we would still be sitting in caves sucking our feet. Gene Kan
creator of Gnutella in http://salon.com/tech/feature/2000/08/07/yoink_napster/index.html