No person, no idea, and no religion deserves to be illegal to insult, not even the Church of Emacs.

In terms of effect on the world, it's very good that I've lived. And so I guess, if I could go back in time and prevent my birth, I wouldn't do it. But I sure wish I hadn't had so much pain.

Once GNU is written, everyone will be able to obtain good system software free, just like air.

Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can. Injustice is happening now; suffering is happening now. We have choices to make now. To insist on absolute certainty before starting to apply ethics to life decisions is a way of choosing to be amoral.

Laws that oppress people have no moral authority.

I'm always happy when I'm protesting.

Programming is not a science. Programming is a craft.