Quote by Lawrence Lessig
When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its p

When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. – Lawrence Lessig

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The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result. – Lawrence Lessig

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Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device. – Lawrence Lessig

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We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. – Barbara Jordan

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Democracy is an abuse of statistics. – Jorge Luis Borges

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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? – St.Augustine

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Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people. – Luke Scott

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But I do think its important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books. – China Mieville

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Mind is a door that leads you outside in the world; meditation is the door that leads you to your interiority—to the very innermost shrine of your being. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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