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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.
My time coming, any day, don't worry about me, no
Been so long I felt this way, I'm in no hurry, no.
I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.
Planet JH Weekly interview (2005)
You now have two distinct ways of gathering information beyond what you yourself can experience.
John Perry Barlow 2.0 (2004)
Cyberspace does not lie within your borders.
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)
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.
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)
Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly the same way we are worrying about government.
John Perry Barlow 2.0 (2004)
Polyamory — that's where you're freely confessed that you have more than one lover at a time.
Planet JH Weekly interview (2005)
The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.
Basically, what we have in this country is government by hallucinating mob.
John Perry Barlow 2.0 (2004)
Cyberspace consists of transactions, relationships, and thought itself, arrayed like a standing wave in the web of our communications. Ours is a world that is both everywhere and nowhere, but it is not where bodies live.
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)
I support freedom of expression, no matter whose, so I oppose DDoS attacks regardless of their target... they're the poison gas of cyberspace.
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.
The Death of Cynthia Horner (1994)
They get turned into a very uniform belief block. TV in America created the most coherent reality distortion field that I’ve ever seen.
John Perry Barlow 2.0 (2004)
With a care both conscious and reverential, Cynthia and I built a love which I believe inspired most who came near it. We felt it was our gift to the world.
The Death of Cynthia Horner (1994)
I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone.
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)
We wanted to make our union into a message of hope, and I believe we did, even though we knew that hearts opened so freely can be shattered if something should go wrong. As my heart is shattered now.
The Death of Cynthia Horner (1994)
We have no elected government, nor are we likely to have one, so I address you with no greater authority than that with which liberty itself always speaks.
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)
TV in America created the most coherent reality distortion field that I’ve ever seen. Therein is the problem: People who vote watch TV, and they are hallucinating like a sonofabitch. Basically, what we have in this country is government by hallucinating mob.