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Anything that prevents you from being friendly, a good neighbour, is a terror tactic.
Richard Stallman
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Richard Stallman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 16
Activist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Richard M. Stallman
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Richard Matthew Stallman
St. iGNUcius
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All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.
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I'm the last survivor of a dead culture. And I don't really belong in the world anymore. And in some ways I feel I ought to be dead.
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If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs.
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No person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs.
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Laws that oppress people have no moral authority.
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So, make a real effort to avoid getting sucked into all the expensive lifestyle habits of typical Americans. Because if you do that, then people with the money will dictate what you do with your life.
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In terms of effect on the world, it's very good that I've lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldn't do it. But I sure wish I hadn't had so much pain.
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