Quotes from Shiva Ayyadurai

On August 30, 1982, I get issued a copyright officially recognizing me as the inventor of e-mail.

The Renaissance took place in chaos and plague.

I came in as a legal immigrant. My dad came first. We had to wait about a year.

Western medicine was developed for crisis and war, such as if you got shot or wounded, to put the soldier back on the battlefield. It works well for catastrophic situations, but it is absolutely ignorant about prevention and lifestyle.

I've always had a deep distaste, since 1984, for both Republicans and Democrats.

The Republicans and Democrats profit from war and sickness.

Innovation actually demands freedom and freedom demands innovation.

Jobs cannot be created if innovation is restricted to large corporates.

Innovation and meritocracy was what America was based on.

I fundamentally do not believe in the patenting of software. It would be like Shakespeare patenting the tragic love story.

In our case, I, a working engineer, inventor and scientist, am bringing new innovation to campaigning to enable a grass-roots movement.

The reality is, the Republicans in Massachusetts are irrelevant and they're in collusion with the Democrats.

The hatred and the vitriol against Donald Trump has nothing to do with Donald Trump. It has to do with the fact that the academic priesthood lost control of what they call quote-unquote 'ordinary rednecks' - that they're stupid, they don't understand. The fact is, those people actually understand a lot.

I grew up playing baseball, playing soccer, having a paper route, while running my own small lawn mowing and snow shovelling businesses as a kid.

The invention of email evolved from a challenge to solve a real world problem.

You can't call someone a fraud, a liar, and a fake and hide under the First Amendment.

On my 7th birthday, in 1970, I left India and came to America: to this land of incredible opportunity.

When I created the email in the U.S., my mentor could have easily copyrighted it and taken credit for it.

Answering phones synchronously is very different than reading an email, sorting it, figuring out which bucket it goes in, and then responding.

I didn't even know about MIT until two weeks before I applied.

Prior to 1980, people used to dictate to a secretary for preparing written documents and that person would then punch keys on a typewriter. I was inspired to invent a medium for doing this work by engaging just one person.

The innovators' spirit of America still exists. However, there is a narrative in America which goes like - you must go to MIT to get your calling card. Or you go to Harvard and then you drop out and then you've made it.

Fundamentally there is a narrative around where innovation can come out from.

As a kid, I learned from my parents, teachers, coaches, and friends that what mattered most was Truth - to uncover it, share it and fight for it. That core value is the foundation of the American Dream. And my life has been about fighting for Truth, at every step.