Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized …

- Aaron Swartz

But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries…

- Aaron Swartz

With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a thing of the past.

- Aaron Swartz

But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral eq…

- Aaron Swartz

There is no justice in following unjust laws.

- Aaron Swartz

There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposit…

- Aaron Swartz

The adults were completely wrong.

- Aaron Swartz

Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.

- Aaron Swartz

Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.

- Aaron Swartz