List of John Perry Barlow Quotes

The One Thing That I Know Government Is Good For Is Countervailing Against Monopoly. It's Not Great At That Either, But It's The Only Force I Know That Is Fairly Reliable.

But Generally Speaking, I Felt To Engage In The Political Process Was To Sully Oneself To Such A Degree That Whatever Came Out Wasn't Worth The Trouble Put In.

The Corporate Impulse For Human Uniformity Instills Shame At Difference And, Thus, The Contemporary Zeal For Privacy.

Humanity Seems Bent On Creating A World Economy Primarily Based On Goods That Take No Material Form. In Doing So, We May Be Eliminating Any Predictable Connection Between Creators And A Fair Reward For The Utility Others May Find In Their Works.

I Don't Know That I Believe In The Supernatural, But I Do Believe In Miracles, And Our Time Together Was Filled With The Events Of Magical Unlikelihood.

I've Begun To Wonder If We Wouldn't Also Regard Spelunkers As Desperate Criminals If At&t Owned All The Caves.

I Had Always Thought That The Idea Of Love At First Sight Was One Of Those Things Invented By Lady Novelists From The South With Three Names.

New Solutions Win By Virtue Of Adoption, And They Don't Get Adopted If They're Bad Solutions.

Everyone Seems To Be Playing Well Within The Boundaries Of His Usual Rule Set. I Have Yet To Hear Anyone Say Something That Seemed Likely To Mitigate The Idiocy Of This Age.

I'm Still Strongly Opposed To Antismoking Laws, Strongly Opposed To Any Law That Regulates Personal Behavior.

I Support Freedom Of Expression, No Matter Whose, So I Oppose Ddos Attacks Regardless Of Their Target... They're The Poison Gas Of Cyberspace.

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.