"Software is like sex: it's better when it's free."

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"It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"I rejoice that horses and steers have to be broken before they can be made the slaves of men, and that men themselves have some wild oats still left to sow before they become submissive members of society."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

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"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

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"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

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"That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose."

Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer

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"Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert."

Johann G. Hamann, German Philosopher

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"We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech."

Boyle Roche, Irish Politician

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"What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from.""

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

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"The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America."

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

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"I don't want to go on much longer, really. I think that would suggest a lack of imagination. A certain lack of dignity also."

Morrissey, British Singer

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"I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs."

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"When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver."

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"Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program."

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"It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it."

"I rejoice that horses and steers have to be broken before they can be made the slaves of men, and that men themselves have some wild oats still left to sow before they become submissive members of society."

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."

"That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose."

"Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert."

"We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech."

"What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from.""

"The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America."

"I don't want to go on much longer, really. I think that would suggest a lack of imagination. A certain lack of dignity also."

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"My name is Linus, and I am your God."

"Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all."

"What commercialism has brought into Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out."

"I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs."

"You won't get sued for anticompetitive behavior."

"When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver."

"Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program."