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When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#become #cannot #close #exercise #governments

When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this system is so we can use our computers and have freedom, thus if you use some other free system instead but you have freedom, then it's a success. It's not popularity for our code but it's success for our goal. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#computers #developing #development #explicitly #free

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#causes #collapse #conditional #conditional love #cornerstones

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#church #free #hacking #happy #me

If there is a Like button in a page, Facebook knows who visited that page. And it can get IP address of the computer visiting the page even if the person is not a Facebook user. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#button #computer #even #facebook #get

In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a company's machines instead of your own. The police need to present you with a search warrant to get your data from you; but if they are stored in a company's server, the police can get it without showing you anything. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#company #data #even #get #instead

I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#could #countries #find #good #good manners

I made some truly awful movies. 'Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot' was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#after #anything #awful #confess #ever

Like I said, I've got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn't mean you can't support them emotionally and financially. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#financially #got #i #like #marry

Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#immorality #life #lived #make #man