"Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders."

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Source : "May the Source Be With You". Article adapted from "The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World", www.wired.com. December 01, 2001.

Lawrence Lessig

#Believe Quotes #Reason Quotes #Monopoly Quotes

“I never thought I'd be investigating global warming. I believe it's real and that saving the planet is good.”
“Oral myths are closer to the genetic conclusions than the often ambiguous scientific evidence of archaeology.”

Source : Bryan Sykes (2007). “Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland”, p.21, W. W. Norton & Company
“I'm not one of those people who writes a biography or tries to figure out what kind of ice cream the character liked when he was 10.”
“The investigations also proved that there were many cases of spontaneous deviation, i.e. cases where there had been no stimulation of the semi-circular canal apparatus.”
“When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.”
“I'm not an optimist. I'm hopeful.”
“It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.”
“It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.”

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