Tim Berners-Lee Quotes

Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.

The FCC sided with the public and adopted extremely strong net neutrality rules that should be a global model for Internet freedom.

The US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat. They need to be much more transparent about what they're doing, or otherwise people will believe the worst.

Net neutrality is one where we the people are definitely on the ropes.

Any outcome, any deal that doesn't preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet for consumers and entrepreneurs will be unacceptable.

The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want.

I have been a strong supporter of a free and open Internet and have indicated this both prior to and subsequent to being sworn in as chairman of the F.C.C. I believe it is important to take concrete and reasonable steps to protect the freedom of users and entrepreneurs and businesses both small and large on the Internet.

Net Neutrality - a guiding principle of the Internet since its beginning - means that content is all treated equally.

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.

Turning the Internet over to the U.N. or some other phony international organization would be a disaster, and I am not willing to stand by and let it happen.

If net neutrality goes away, it will fundamentally change everything about the Internet.

The only way the Internet will continue to remain the thriving medium it has become today is to keep it under the control of the United States.

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.

The Internet in the 21st Century is as important to our future as highways were in the 20th Century. Like a highway, the Internet must remain free and open for all - not determined by the highest bidders.

For years, my colleagues and I - primarily Republicans but also some Democrats - have introduced legislation and written to the FCC asking the commission to cease attempts to regulate the Internet unless given the clear authority to do so by Congress.

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.

Americans' information independence is under attack, whether it's the repeal of net neutrality or the repeal of broadband privacy protections.

I'm for Internet openness. We're all for Internet openness. If you asked the American people, I think they support it. Internet companies, broadband companies are all in favor of it.

I support a free and open Internet.

While repealing net neutrality rules grabs headlines... net neutrality started as a consumer issue but soon became a stepping stone to impose vastly more common carrier regulation on broadband companies.

I support greater access to the Internet, but going back to Obama-era regulations is not the answer.

We have to take a long view on net neutrality.

We cannot allow internet service providers to restrict the best access or to pick winners and losers in the online marketplace for services and ideas.

It is absolutely clear to me that we have to keep the internet open

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