"Using proprietary software is like letting someone put chains on you."

"I don't have any experience working with women in programming projects; I don't think that any volunteered to work on Emacs or GCC."

"Giving the Linus Torvalds Award to the Free Software Foundation is a bit like giving the Han Solo Award to the Rebel Alliance."

"Freedom is not free. It requires constant struggle."

"The free software movement is about human rights."