Frederic Bastiat

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.

Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.

The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.

Defending a free and open global Internet requires a broad-based global movement with the stamina to engage in endless - and often highly technical - national and international policy battles.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.

The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.