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Barrett Brown
14 quotes
“Anyone who dismisses out of hand evidence that U.S. intelligence agencies still do some of the things that they now brag about having done not too long ago is not a skeptic, but a fool.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Huffington Post, "Wikileaks Blows Whistle; Most Miss the Point", 7 April 2010.
“Being an atheist is like not owning a TV – completely rational, but best kept to one's self.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: True/Slant, "The Most Bizarre E-mail I Have Ever Received", 30 June 2010.
“The less said about my extended family back in ranch country the better, as I don't want the ATF burning them alive.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: True/Slant, "Sarah Palin as Margaret Thatcher, Except No", 10 July 2010.
“I, for instance, am a jackass, and this anguishes me quite a bit, or at least it would if I were not so fond of being a jackass, which has long been a hobby of mine.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: True/Slant, "The Weekly Standard, Ethan Epstein, and Jesus", 18 July 2010.
“I am a tremendous optimist for someone who has grown up amid the twilight of American competence.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vanity Fair, "Why the Hacks Hate Michael Hastings", 23 July 2010.
“The truth is that I am a sentient computer program and I fully intend to burn your cities to the ground.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: True/Slant, "Farewell, and a confession", 29 July 2010.
“The main point seems to be that I'm arrogant and narcissistic, which should be news to exactly four people.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Huffington Post, "Palin biographer accuses me of planning anti-government violence", 3 December 2010.
“I would love to debate any politician in any western state on the question of whether the rule of law ought to be respected in a world where even the most "respectable" governments establish intelligence agencies that routinely violate those laws at taxpayer expense and at no real penalty to anyone involved.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Guardian, "Anonymous: a net gain for liberty", 27 January 2011.
“We're in a state of conflict with the Government. Either we are going to jail or we're going to win.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Australian, "Hackers poised for further releases", 28 December 2011.
“What an age of innocence it was, the Watergate era... way back in the halcyon days when the US could be contrasted with totalitarian regimes on matters of surveillance.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: VICE, "Reading 'Born Again' in Jail", 12 August 2013.
“In conclusion, they should let me out of jail.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: VICE, "What Radio Censorship Says About America" 17 December 2013.
“Politeness is wasted on the dishonest, who will always take advantage of any well-intended concession.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Peter Ludlow in The Nation, "The Strange Case of Barrett Brown", 19 December 2013.
“This is not the “rule of law”...it is the “rule of law enforcement.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Guardian, "Barrett Brown statement: 'This is not the rule of law, it is the rule of law enforcement'", 22 January 2015.
“When we start fighting crime by any means necessary we become guilty of the same hypocrisy as law enforcement agencies throughout history that break the rules to get the villains, and so become villains themselves.”
Barrett Brown (born 1981) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Guardian, "Barrett Brown statement: 'This is not the rule of law, it is the rule of law enforcement'", 22 January 2015.