Net Neutrality Quotes

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  Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.

  Elie Wiesel

  Bystanders, Remembrance, Silence

  Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 11 Dec. 1986

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• If you go to Cass Sunstein, what net neutrality means is now if you go to FoxNews.com, you will have Arianna Huffington, a little box pop up with her showing that Bill O’Reilly is wrong on this or here’s an opposing view of Bill O’Reilly.

  Glenn Beck

  Mean, Views, Neutrality

  "The Glenn Beck Program", www.glennbeck.com. December 2, 2010.

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• When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  Usa, People, Worried

  "Net Neutrality: This is Serious". www.mediamatters.org. June 2006.

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• Net Neutrality is what makes the Internet so great - and so vital for innovation and creativity.

  Justine Bateman

  Creativity, Innovation, Neutrality

  "We Need To Put Our Foot Down On Net Neutrality" by Justine Bateman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

  Max Eastman

  People, Diversity, Favors

  Max Eastman (1951). “Enjoyment of Poetry with Anthology”

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• Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

  Elie Wiesel

  Bystanders, Holocaust, Remembrance

  Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 11 Dec. 1986

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• Ultimately, the current argument is "not having net neutrality will hurt innovation," and you can make that argument, but I would rather make the public good argument, which is not just about innovation or nurturing new companies that will add to the nation's GDP, it's actually about creating a democratic public sphere.

  Astra Taylor

  Hurt, Gdp, Creating

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.

  Ted Cruz

  Technology, Government, Obamacare

  Twitter post from Nov 10, 2014

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• You know, the only reason net neutrality is controversial is because it's complicated.

  Tim Wu

  Neutrality, Complicated, Controversial

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Let's not let the government sell us out. Let's fight for net neutrality.

  Al Franken

  Fighting, Government, Neutrality

  "Al Franken seeks Net neutrality support at SXSW". South by Southwest Interactive Festival conference, www.cnet.com. March 14, 2011.

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• In the relationship between man and religion, the state is firmly committed to a position of neutrality.

  Tom C. Clark

  Men, Neutrality, States

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• The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.

  John Paul Stevens

  Government, Religion, Atheism

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• The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.

  Al Franken

  Innovation, Neutrality, Internet

  "Defining Internet 'Freedom': Ars Interviews Senator Al Franken" by Nate Anderson, www.wired.com. March 01, 2011.

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• I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.

  Al Franken

  Thinking, Neutrality, Pace

  "Defining Internet "freedom": Ars interviews Senator Al Franken". Interview with Nate Anderson, arstechnica.com. March 1, 2011.

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• Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.

  Al Franken

  Government, Neutrality, Republican

  "Net Neutrality Is Under Attack... Again" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2011.

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• I'm not really sure what I'd like to see people doing more of online, but what I'd like to see less of is the warning signs that not ratifying net neutrality is gonna cause two separate nets: one that the big dogs can afford to be on and the other a ghetto internet that no one goes on. Think FM vs AM radio, or cable vs broadcast TV.

  Drew Curtis

  Dog, Ghetto, Thinking

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• I am a big advocate of what is known as net neutrality. This means that providers are compelled to transmit content without political or commercial pre-selection.

  Thomas de Maiziere

  Mean, Political, Neutrality

  "SPIEGEL Interview with German Interior Minister: 'WikiLeaks Is Annoying, But Not a Threat'". Interview with Holger Stark and Marcel Rosenbach, www.spiegel.de. December 20, 2010.

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• If Ayn Rand were an up-and-coming author today, she wouldn't write about steel or railroads, it would be Net Neutrality.

  Mark Cuban

  Writing, Would Be, Railroads

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• I feel like we're stuck in the former mode of reacting because that's what gains traction in Washington. But I really believe we need a robust public good argument. Net neutrality is not just about creating the next Instagram or Farmville or whatever.

  Astra Taylor

  Believe, Creating, Needs

  Source: therumpus.net

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• After President Obama announced his support for net neutrality yesterday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted that 'Net neutrality is Obamacare for the Internet.' While Ted Cruz continues to be the Taylor Swift of not getting over Obamacare.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Texas, Obamacare, Yesterday

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• A liberated Internet will continue to be a reality in your life (and in the lives of your children) if rules like Net Neutrality are in place.

  Justine Bateman

  Children, Reality, Neutrality

  "We Need To Put Our Foot Down On Net Neutrality" by Justine Bateman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Net neutrality would require that every search engine produce an equal number of results that satisfy every disagreement about the issue... Just think of it as Fairness Doctrine for the Internet. I'm not making this up.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Thinking, Numbers, Issues

  "A Fairness Doctrine for Internet?". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. March 16, 2010.

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• The Web took off in all its glory because it was a royalty-free infrastructure . . . When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going to end in the U.S.A. If we had a situation in which the U.S. had serious flaws in its Net Neutrality, and Europe did have Net Neutrality, and I were trying to start a company, then I would be very tempted to move.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  Moving, Europe, People

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• Net neutrality was essential for our economy; it was essential to preserve freedom and openness, both for economic reasons and free speech reasons, and the government had a role in ensuring that Internet freedom was protected.

  Julius Genachowski

  Government, Essentials, Roles

  "Julius Genachowski: The Exit Interview". Interview with Jeffrey Rosen, newrepublic.com. May 23, 2013.

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• I care about a lot of issues. I care about libraries, I care about healthcare, I care about homelessness and unemployment. I care about net neutrality and the steady erosion of our liberties both online and off. I care about the rich/poor divide and the rise of corporate business.

  Sara Sheridan

  Erosion, Issues, Liberty

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