"There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and in the grand tradition of civil disobedience declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture. We need to take information wherever it is stored make our copies and share them with the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and add it to the archive.
We need to buy secret databases and put them on the web. We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file sharing networks. We need to fight for guerrilla openaccess." — Aaron Swartz

What are the consequences when those in power suppress the pursuit of knowledge and information?

Is unrestricted idea exchange a fundamental moral right, and what happens to those who defy authority by seeking truth and challenging established norms?

The original article "Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto" --Aaron Swartz 
https://archive.org/stream/GuerillaOpenAccessManifesto/Goamjuly2008_djvu.txt