5 Quotes by Richard Stallman about ideas

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    The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part.

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    Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism behind the human shield of their believers feelings.

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    The idea that laws decide what is right or wrong is mistaken in general. Laws are, at their best, an attempt to achieve justice; to say that laws define justice or ethical conduct is turning things upside down.

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    Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult.

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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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