Of course, it won't win 'em all, but it wins some of the time.
1990s, Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism (1998)
Richard Stallman Quotes
"The GNU Project", originally published in Open Sources (1998) http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html
1990s
""Re: GPL version 4"" on NetBSD mailing list (17 July 2008) http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2008/07/17/msg001546.html
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html for more explanation of the difference between free software and open source.
2000s
1990s, Why "Free Software" is better than "Open Source" (1998)
“C++ is a badly designed and ugly language. It would be a shame to use it in Emacs.”
Re: Efforts to attract more users? http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/rms" emacs-devel (12 July 2010)
2010s
LibrePlanet Keynote Speech (2015) @20:45 https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/richard-stallman-free-software-free-hardware/
2010s
"Border Patrol" (26 May 2006) http://www.stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html#26%20May%202006%20(Border%20Patrol)
2000s
"How to fight software patents - singly and together", Newsforge (9 September 2004)
2000s
On report of Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil who was sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam and Hosni Mubarak, in [http://www.stallman.org/archives/2007-jan-apr.html "Illegal to insult" (1 March 2007) http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1593050,00.html?xid=rss-topstories
2000s
"Bill Gates and other communists ", op-ed at ZDNet (15 February 2005) http://www.politicsforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=38018
2000s
“Once GNU is written, everyone will be able to obtain good system software free, just like air.”
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
1990s, Why "Free Software" is better than "Open Source" (1998)
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
In a talk on Software Patents; Frankfurt am Main, Germany, (26 September 2004)
2000s
“Using GPL
is encroaching on our rights
to encroach on yours.”
Poem on opponents of the GPL’s sharing requirements, as quoted in "Stallman joins the Internet, talks net neutrality, patents and more" at NetworkWorld (23 March 2015)
2010s
"Sayings" at Richard Stallman's personal site (c. 2001)
2000s
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
“Snow is so beautiful, it doesn't have to be useful.”
Parliament Hill Speech, Ottawa, Canada, (2 June 2009)
2000s
“Any time I connect to a website other than Wikipedia, it's through Tor.”
In a video interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkkDvKGcNSo around 38:20 (published on February 22, 2016)
2010s
"The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource" (1999) http://www.gnu.org/encyclopedia/free-encyclopedia.html
1990s
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
"The Zeitgeist Movement" (2009) https://stallman.org/articles/zeitgeist.html
2000s
Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing (1996)
1990s
1990s, Why "Free Software" is better than "Open Source" (1998)
We address this problem by publishing a more precise definition of free software, but this is not a perfect solution; it cannot completely eliminate the problem. An unambiguously correct term would be better, if it didn't have other problems.
1990s, Why "Free Software" is better than "Open Source" (1998)
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
"O'Reilly Open Source Conference: Day 3" by Paul Weinstein, in Apache Week (26 July 2002) http://www.apacheweek.com/features/oscon2002
2000s
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
"Penguins" (16 December 2007) http://www.stallman.org/archives/2007-sep-dec.html#16%20December%202007%20%28Penguins%29
2000s
2000s, Free Software: Freedom and Cooperation (2001)
1990s, Why "Free Software" is better than "Open Source" (1998)
After a mobile phone rang at his talk at Moscow State University (3 March 2008)
2000s
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
2000s, Thus Spake Stallman (2000)
2000s, Free Software: Freedom and Cooperation (2001)
“I have to explain that I'm not an anarchist – I have a pro-state gland.”
Answer to a question during his keynote speech at Libre Planet 2015. "Stallman joins the Internet, talks net neutrality, patents and more" at NetworkWorld (23 March 2015) http://www.networkworld.com/article/2900305/opensource-subnet/stallman-joins-the-internet-talks-net-neutrality-patents-and-more.html
2010s
“Laws that oppress people have no moral authority.”
Human Rights in the Use of Software and Other Published Works (16 May 2007)]
2000s
"Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman", in The Guardian (29 September 2008) http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman
2000s
more and louder than ever before.
1990s, Why "Free Software" is better than "Open Source" (1998)
On why he decided against writing proprietary software; quoted in Free as in Freedom : Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software' (2002) by Sam Williams http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/index.html
2000s
Reclaim Your Freedom with Free (Libre) Software (Web Summit, Lisbon, Portugal), Stallman, Richard, 2016-11-10, 2019-04-07, Web Summit https://youtube.com/watch?v=n9YDz-Iwgyw&t=1764,
2016
How I do my computing (2006) http://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
2000s
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
Upon receiving the Linus Torvalds Award at Linuxworld, (1999) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDxMJQLXmBE
1990s
Comment on Napster
2000s, Thus Spake Stallman (2000)
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
1980s, GNU Manifesto (1985)
2000s, Thus Spake Stallman (2000)