Brewster Kahle Quotes

Organize all the world’s information and make it universally accessible whatever the consequences

In the information age, when tradition, propriety, formality or culture clash with informational ease and utility, the traditional forms must … yield.

When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces.

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented, and we believe this is the most important problem we can focus on.

The Internet has empowered us. It has empowered you, it has empowered me, and it has empowered some other guys as well.

The Internet is the best thing that could have happened to China.

I don't think many people anticipated how the Internet was going to revolutionize the way we disseminate information.

The secret of the Internet's success has been its openness to new services.

The technological breakthrough of the World Wide Web has been enormously beneficial to society.

The Internet has introduced an enormously accessible and egalitarian platform for creating, sharing and obtaining information on a global scale. As a result, we have new ways to allow people to exercise their human and civil rights.

Of all the inventions of humans, the computer is going to rank near or at the top as history unfolds and we look back. It is the most awesome tool that we have ever invented. I feel incredibly lucky to be at exactly the right place in Silicon Valley, at exactly the right time, historically, where this invention has taken form.

For me, it matters that we drive technology as an equalizing force, as an enabler for everyone around the world. Which is why I do want Google to see, push, and invest more in making sure computing is more accessible, connectivity is more accessible.

If we can put a man on the moon and sequence the human genome, we should be able to devise something close to a universal digital public library.

I wouldn't be anywhere without the Internet.

The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime. Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.

The Internet's great promise is to make the world's information universally accessible and useful.

This is a very different world. Much of it is new. What has happened is that information technology has politicized the world…It’s a world where most of the big problems spill over national boundaries.

All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations. This revolution has produced the most powerful and diverse spur to innovation of any in modern times.

We have collapsed distances, taken down walls, and spread information.

All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations

… science may implement the ways in which man produces, stores, and consults the record of the race....

This [the advent of radio] was the first time in the history of mankind that people in different places heard the same thing at the same time.

The most important thing is to make the technology inclusive - make the world change. Next, pay attention to those people who are 30 years old, because those are the internet generation. They will change the world; they are the builders of the world.

I am personally a big believer that technology is the biggest driver of human development, and if you can use technology to benefit people, then that's the best business you can have.

I think the Internet is a huge positive.