Aaron Swartz Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Say yes to everything.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I was around computers from birth; we had one of the first Macs, which came out shortly before I was born, and my dad ran a company that wrote computer operating systems. I don't think I have any particular technical skills; I just got a really large head start.”

“With the death of bin Laden, it's finally time for Congress to bring back the pre-9-11 legal norm, before we decided it was okay to toss out our civil liberties if the 'bad guys' were scary enough.”

“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?”

“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.”

“Computers will be able to do all the mundane tasks in our daily lives.”

“I have developed my most meaningful relationships online. None of them live within driving distance. None of them are about my own age.”

“Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you.”