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" My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims. "
Kevin Mitnick
Actions
Pure
Government
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" No company that I ever hacked into reported any damages, which they were required to do for significant losses. "
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" My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime. "
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" The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity. "
Martin Van Buren
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Prosperity
" It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract. "
Alan Shepard
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" Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism. "
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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" I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship. "
Bharati Mukherjee
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" The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people. "
Tom Clancy
People
Government
Power
" There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking. "
Bill Gates
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" The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity. "
Barbara Boxer
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" It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance. "
Eisaku Sato
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Question
Government
" The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. "
H. L. Mencken
Moral
Government
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" The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion. "
John Paul Stevens
Religion
Neutrality
Pursue
" I'm perennially intrigued how people who lead largely evidence-based lives can, in a belief-based part of their mind, be certain that an invisible, divine entity created an entire universe just for us, or that the government is stockpiling space aliens in a secret desert location. "
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Desert
Space
Government
" It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government. "
John W. Gardner
Respect
Feel
Invisible
" The myth of Kevin Mitnick is much more interesting than the reality of Kevin Mitnick. If they told the reality, no one would care. "
Kevin Mitnick
Care
Interesting
Reality
" Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. "
Andrew Jackson
Money
Political
Power
" Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety. "
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Safety
Public
Government
" In philanthropy, many of us give a little bit and each year we give more and more to see what actually works and not just throw money out there and see if it's going to work. If the government did the same thing, fabulous. "
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Money
Government
" Republican liberty depends on citizen participation, on a government that is of, for, and by the people. "
Josh Hawley
Republican
People
Liberty
" I use Mac. Not because it's more secure than everything else - because it is actually less secure than Windows - but I use it because it is still under the radar. People who write malicious code want the greatest return on their investment, so they target Windows systems. I still work with Windows in virtual machines. "
Kevin Mitnick
Investment
Work
Windows
" From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life. "
Robert Kennedy
Government
Life
Moment
" I was hooked in before hacking was even illegal. "
Kevin Mitnick
Hooked
Even
Hacking
" The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. "
H. L. Mencken
Most
Man
Dangerous
" We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs. "
Alan Dershowitz
Media
Balance
Government
" I keep my stuff updated all the time. Being in the security industry, I keep up to date with securities. "
Kevin Mitnick
Up
Time
Security
" My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure. "
Kevin Mitnick
Adventure
Curiosity
Goal
" I think it goes back to my high school days. In computer class, the first assignment was to write a program to print the first 100 Fibonacci numbers. Instead, I wrote a program that would steal passwords of students. My teacher gave me an A. "
Kevin Mitnick
School
Teacher
Think
" Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society - all must uphold high standards of probity in their working. Only a genuine partnership between the Government and its people can bring about positive change to create a just society. "
Pratibha Patil
People
Change
World
" I think malware is a significant threat because the mitigation, like antivirus software, hasn't evolved to a point to really mitigate the risk to a reasonable degree. "
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Think
Risk
Point
" Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations. "
Barbara Mikulski
Day
Today
Stress