Aaron Swartz Quotes

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Aaron Swartz

Profession : Businessman

Birth : November 8, 1986

Say yes to everything.

Aaron Swartz

We must erase bin Laden's ugly legacy, not extend it: by ending the Patriot Act's erosion of our civil liberties, we can protect the freedoms that make America worth fighting for.

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Social Security got passed because John D. Rockefeller was sick of having to take money out of his profits to pay for his workers' pension funds. Why do that, when you can just let the government take money from the workers?

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The Open Access Movement has fought valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it.

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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.

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Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.

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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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Big stories need human stakes.

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Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.

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Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.

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Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.

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I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.

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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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