Richard Stallman

I don't shower often because I don't like wasting water.

I don't believe in intellectual property.

I don't use social media because it's a trap.

Using a proprietary program is like being a prisoner in a cage, and the bars are made of code.

If you give up your freedom for convenience, you will have neither.

Calling proprietary software 'open source' is like calling a prison 'open architecture.'

The word 'cloud' is a marketing term for 'someone else's computer.'

If you're using a proprietary program, you're letting someone else control your computing.

The greatest danger to freedom is not government, but corporations.

DRM is digital handcuffs, and you should refuse to wear them.

There is no 'intellectual property.' It's a propaganda term.

Software patents are an attack on innovation and freedom.

The internet is a surveillance machine if you don't use free software.

Freedom is more important than convenience.

Proprietary software is a social problem, not just a technical one.

We should reject proprietary software as a matter of ethics.

The term 'open source' was invented to avoid the ethical issues of free software.

Giving up your privacy is giving up your freedom.

The 'Internet of Things' is the 'Internet of Surveillance.'

Using Google is like putting a tracking device in your pocket.