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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.

— John Perry Barlow A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)

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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)

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