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There are unfair laws in the world, should we be content with them, or should we change and guard them and wait for their success? Or is it broken right away? ——The Thoreau

government's desire for control is endless.

Since something is wrong, it should be changed.

He hates Halloween costumes himself, but he likes to persuade others to dress up as what he likes.

He only eats white food, such as steamed rice. He doesn't eat fried rice, because it's obviously not white enough.

Aaron wanted to let the world go, he was working hard to mend the world.

Homework is like a trick, like a means to force all students to be mediocre together.

If you want to really learn something, you can't repeat what the teacher teaches mechanically.

I question the school I attended, the society that established this school, the set of principles that the school teaches people to pursue, and the government that established this entire system.

Apart from education and entertainment, I will not waste time on things that will not have an impact.

In many ways, Aaron is extremely optimistic about life.

One thing that Aaron is particularly interested in is bringing public access into the public domain, which is also one of the things that caused him a lot of trouble.

Some people, even the FBI offices in the most remote places, feel that after taking the taxpayer's money, it is appropriate to investigate those who promote the publicization of the law with criminal theft.

This is an economy based entirely on voluntary labor, and publishers are reaping the profits at the highest point.

Sharing is by no means immoral, it is an ethical mission.

When you start to target deterrence and are not allowed to dissent, you can't calmly judge what is illegal, and you will start to abuse law enforcement resources-even more so under the influence of political ideology.

MIT is considered to be the place where hacker activities are most encouraged in the world.

Aaron believes that as long as he explains the world clearly to people, he can change the world.

In Washington, legislative battles mainly come from a few wealthy companies.

At this moment, the Internet has grown up politically.

The life I want is to change the world.

If we follow the Department of Justice's interpretation of the "Computer Fraud and Abuse Act", we may all be breaking the law.

Swartz was caught in the cogs of a cruel justice system that couldn't be turned back, and that machine made the United States the country with the highest imprisonment rate in the world.

Aaron did not have any serious mood swings in childhood, such as depressive episodes, or anything that could be called "severe depression".

He is the son of the Internet, and the old world killed him.

The great injustice of our time has not been shaken, and the initiators of the financial crisis still regularly have dinner with the president.

Change does not come on its own with two legs, but needs to be obtained through constant struggle.

The new law is called "Aaron Law."

Aaron believes that people should really ask themselves all the time: What is the most important thing in this world that I can participate in? If you are not doing the most important thing, then why?

The truths in this universe are not only those that policymakers have ever figured out, such as how fast the speed limit should be, but it also includes studies that will prevent your child from dying of pancreatic cancer.

Without access, the person who can solve your problem may never find the answer.

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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz quotes

  • First Title Cards: Unjust Laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we edeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have suceeded, or shall we transgress them at once?- Henry David Thoreau