I think the ‘counterculture’ believes that there are ways to manage being the world’s most powerful country that involve creation of consensus – ruling by virtuous example rather than by force of arms. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
The entertainment industry is as it always has been. It’s a rough bunch of people and a rough industry. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
I don’t know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles, and our time together was filled with the events of magical unlikelihood. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
It’s widely assumed that you can’t compete with free, and that seems like a reasonable thing to think. But this has not been my experience. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly the same way we are worrying about government. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonweal, our governance will emerge. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
I’m still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal behavior. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It’s not great at that either, but it’s the only force I know that is fairly reliable. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
