A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food.
In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't.
The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
In the political context fair means somebody that will vote for the unions or for the business. It can't mean that in the judicial context or we're in real trouble.
Eventually you won't think of 'the Internet business.' You'll think of it more like news, weather, sports, but even that taxonomy isn't clear.
I guess the worst moment I ever had in business was the fear that Southwest Airlines wouldn't get off the ground.
I've said this over the years publicly - this is not a lucrative business. My goal every year is to break even with the White Sox.
Being a conglomerate, each of our businesses has a different challenge; business landscape is different for each business. It makes it challenging as well as exciting.
In the same way that you're driven in your business to keep innovating - Facebook is a wonderful example of constant innovation - think about doing that in philanthropy.
It is indeed an odd business that it has taken this Court nearly two centuries to 'discover' a constitutional mandate to have counsel at a preliminary hearing.
The courage of the Syrian protesters is remarkable, for they face prison, torture, or death every time they lift a banner.
We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance.
The Christians had a better chance against the lions than the American consumer has against the OPEC cartel.
It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don't want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.
Thousands of Americans are forced to join unions as a condition of employment, with little to no chance of ever having their voices heard.
Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's the ultimate challenge to be both firm and fluid, soft and strong, yielding yet rock solid.
But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form.
I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought.
Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.
Brand-name drugs have no competition, since the government grants them very long, exclusive marketing rights.
Most people I know I think agree and even many theists agree with this. We don't want government involved.
