John Perry Barlow Quotes

New solutions win by virtue of adoption, and they don't get adopted if they're bad solutions.

~ John Perry Barlow

But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.

~ John Perry Barlow

I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair.

~ John Perry Barlow

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

~ John Perry Barlow

The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.

~ John Perry Barlow

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.

~ John Perry Barlow

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

~ John Perry Barlow

They seem to have forgotten that, and are back saying the only purpose of P2P networks is for illegal trading of owned goods. We claim part of the reason for P2P is for legal trading of what ought to be in public domain. And what is in public domain in many cases.

~ John Perry Barlow

The 'Total Information Awareness' project is truly diabolical - mostly because of the legal changes which have made it possible in the first place. As a consequence of the Patriot Act, government now has access to all sorts of private and commercial databases that were previously off limits.

~ John Perry Barlow