Where are the RMSs of the world?

Clearly, there's no one that has all his attributes. Nobody has that same capacity to influence or inspire people to take a stand for a software cause. Others can give speeches that are equally interesting, but I don't think their speeches have the same long term impact.

OSS will never have a manifesto because it's only about making software development efficient. An improvement in efficiency can be great (or terrible; example: better DRM) but it's not part of what makes humans human, or what makes societies societies. Freedom, on the other hand, is a necessity of humans and societies, so it's not surprising that some people make big, long term sacrifices and struggles for freedom in the domain of computing.

With computing being increasingly interwoven into our daily lives, it's possible that the cause of computing freedom has grown too broad for one person. RMS is doing a good job of tackling new problems, but there are limits to what he can do. I mean, he calls for a boycott of Facebook, and I agree that that's a great idea, but it's not enough. The campaign against Facebook is still waiting for its full-time RMS. Same for privacy. Same for culture. (In the mean time, our RMS's comments on these issues are good stopgap advice.)