"When we start fighting crime by any means necessary we become guilty of the same hypocrisy as law enforcement agencies throughout history that break the rules to get the villains, and so become villains themselves."

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Source : "Barrett Brown Sentenced to Five Years, Vows to Keep Investigating Government Wrongdoing". Interview with Michelle Garcia, theintercept.com. January 23, 2015.

Barrett Brown

#Mean Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Agency Quotes

“Sometimes I feel envious when my friends go to parties and I have to go to bed. But my friends always tell me that the parties really aren't that much fun anyway. Whatever I've missed, I've made up for. Most kids don't get to go to the Olympics and win three gold medals. It's definitely been worth it and I wouldn't do it if I didn't want to.”
“Extreme things are like miracles. Nothing is as boring as a person who is just okay.”
“As a member of Guess Who, I think 'No Time' was the best thing we ever did. It was a pivotal song in our career.”
“I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song.”
“You've only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.”
“Nothing that is worth doing is ever easy.”

Source : "Can I Have a Hammer?". Ruzwana Bashir's remarks at "The Global Search for Education" panel, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 1, 2014.
“I define myself by everything that I love, everything I can create, everything that I can imagine.”
“An isolationist America is no bloody use to anyone.”

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