Mike Goodwin Quotes

The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that

In whatever number of years I have on Earth, I think that promoting the values of free expression, the openness of the Internet, that's the best use of my time.

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

I do most of my business on that dirty Internet that you were just talking about, where I find there is a lot of freedom to report exactly what I want.

The Internet's distinct configuration may have made cyberattacks easy to launch, but it has also kindled the flame of freedom.

One of the great debates about the Internet is whether it is making people more or less free.

The first thing is - and this is very important - I support the unmonitored use of the Internet for everyone. It doesn't matter what country you're in or what you do for a living - everyone should have the right to an unmonitored Internet.

A free and open Internet is a despot's worst enemy.

The critical question is: How do we ensure that the Internet develops in a way that is compatible with democracy?

The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.

Defending a free and open global Internet requires a broad-based global movement with the stamina to engage in endless - and often highly technical - national and international policy battles.

Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers.

The Internet is so big that no one can control anything, really.

I don't think the Internet should be immune to the standing laws of countries.

Cyberspace

The Senate trying to govern cyberspace is analogous to King George believing he could still govern the colonies even though he had never been there.

In cyberspace, once privacy is breached, it may be breached worldwide. Free speech is not restricted to a street-corner audience, a locker room, or a limited-circulation publication, but travels the world.

From day one, the Internet was a public square, and the providers merely connected everyone, rather than regulating who spoke with whom. That allowed the Internet to evolve into a form of basic infrastructure, used by over a billion people today.

Much of the civil rights work of this century will entail championing digital rights.

A free and open Internet is essential to our democracy, economy, and modern way of life.

The argument about the need to regulate the digital space has to be weighed against freedom of expression in our society, whether we are interacting in a virtual world or in the real world where we have the growth of so-called 'safe spaces.'

The fact that we don't have censorship on the Internet really gives you a lot of freedom, as makers and creative people do what they believe in.

The public don't want to authorize the internet to become a battleground. We need to do everything we can as a society to keep that a neutral zone, to keep that an economic zone that can reflect our values, both politically, socially, and economically.

Exploring and understanding the Net is an ongoing process. Cyberspace never sits still; it evolves as fast as society itself. Only if we fight to preserve our freedom of speech on the Net will we ensure our ability to keep up with both the Net and society.

Hillary Clinton hates Julian Assange, she is just an adversary of internet freedom.