Freedom Quotes

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"Privacy and security are fundamental rights, not afterthoughts."
Sundar Pichai
"The internet has given voice to billions who previously had none."
Sundar Pichai
"We must build technology that respects human dignity and autonomy."
Sundar Pichai
"The power of technology is only realized when it's accessible to all."
Sundar Pichai
"Freedom to create is fundamental to human flourishing."
Tim Cook
"We live in a constant state of freedom within boundaries."
R.D. Laing
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four."
R.D. Laing
"Existential freedom is not a given; it must be won."
R.D. Laing
"Freedom is frightening."
R.D. Laing
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"Free software respects the user's freedom to study, modify, and share"
Richard Stallman
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"When software is proprietary, users become victims of their own tools"
Richard Stallman
R
"Digital rights are human rights in the modern age"
Richard Stallman
R
"The user should be sovereign over their own computing devices"
Richard Stallman
R
"The freedom to modify software is as important as the freedom to read"
Richard Stallman
R
"Proprietary formats are chains that bind users to single vendors"
Richard Stallman
R
"The right to repair your own devices is a fundamental right"
Richard Stallman
R
"The GPL is not restrictive, it is liberating"
Richard Stallman
R
"Closed ecosystems are prisons, however comfortable"
Richard Stallman
R
"The right to privacy includes the right to use software without surveillance"
Richard Stallman
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"The right to a healthy environment is as fundamental as the right to food or water."
Sunita Narain
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"The environment and human rights are inseparable—you cannot have one without the other."
Sunita Narain
S
"To live sustainably is not a burden but a liberation from the tyranny of endless consumption."
Sunita Narain
R
"Freedom to experiment is essential for growth."
Reed Hastings
R
"Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin."
Reed Hastings
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"Freedom is choosing one's chains."
Jacques Lacan
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"Freedom exists only in speech."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Man is condemned to be free in his choices."
Jacques Lacan
"In real open source, you have the right to control your own destiny."
Linus Torvalds
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Linus Torvalds
"Free software is a matter of liberty, not price."
Linus Torvalds