#freedom

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#freedom #giving #giving up #ounce #precious

The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how we should respond to people when all that we know about them is what we have learned through a medium that permits all kinds of anonymity and deception. ↗

— Peter Singer

#anonymity #beyond #brought #deception #each

Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#free #free software #freedom #our community #respects

If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#demand #either #freedom #increase #mean

In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#escape #free #freedom #movement #respects

With paper printed books, you have certain freedoms. You can acquire the book anonymously by paying cash, which is the way I always buy books. I never use a credit card. I don't identify to any database when I buy books. Amazon takes away that freedom. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#always #amazon #anonymously #any #away

Freedom rings where opinions clash. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#clash #opinions #rings #where

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#freedom #ideal #means #more #nothing

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. ↗

— Adlai Stevenson

#another #car #dreams #even #freedom

How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties. ↗

— Roger Stone

#civil liberties #conservative #freedom #how #justify