I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying. – Jack Abramoff
I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign. – Jack Abramoff
Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal. – Jack Abramoff
In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a companys machines instead of your own. The police need to present you with a search warrant to get your data from you but if they are stored in a companys server, the police can get it without showing you anything. – Richard Stallman
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall – whats going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. – Jonathan Safran Foer
Its fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth – in other words we can only afford to have one or two children because we dont earn enough. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits. – Iain Duncan Smith