Richard Stallman

"The hacker ethic is about freedom and community, not money."

"Every person deserves the right to control their own computing."

"Technology should empower people, not control them."

"I write code because I believe in freedom."

"The goal of the GNU project is to provide complete software freedom."

"Proprietary software vendors want to keep you dependent on them."

"Open source is not just about the code; it's about the philosophy."

"A truly free person is one who has control over their own computer."

"Software patents are an impediment to progress."

"I believe that ethically, software should be free."

"The fight for free software is the fight for freedom itself."

"Programming is an act of political and social importance."

"Free software is prerequisite for a free society."

"Your computer should obey you, not the other way around."

"Copyleft is a strategy of using copyright law to achieve freedom."

"The GNU manifesto is a call to arms for software freedom."

"I have spent my life fighting for the freedom to program."

"Evil is when you restrict someone's freedom in the name of profit."

"To be a programmer without ethics is to be a traitor to humanity."

"Knowledge should be shared, not hoarded."

"The internet was built on the principle of open sharing and collaboration."

"Software freedom is human freedom."

"I program for freedom, not fortune."

"The GNU project proves that large software systems can be created freely."

"A restriction on copying is a restriction on freedom."

"I would rather defend the freedom of 1000 guilty programmers than restrict one innocent one."

"The most important freedom is the freedom to learn."

"Encryption is not about privacy; it's about freedom."

"To write free software is to fight tyranny."

"I believe in a world where software is a public good."