Barack Obama Quotes

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

We have to take a long view on net neutrality.

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.

As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.

It's an incredibly important thing to make sure we preserve net neutrality.

Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time.

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.

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.

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

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

We need to make Net Neutrality the law. We need to elect a Congress that will make it a priority to keep this important principal intact - and insure equal and open access to the Internet for all.

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

Reclassification is the best way to for us to preserve the Internet as an unfettered tool for communication and the sharing of ideas.

Allowing a handful of broadband carriers to determine what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the features that have made the Internet such a success, and could permanently compromise the Internet as a platform for the free exchange of information, commerce, and ideas.

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

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

We support an open Internet and having rules - the right kind of rules that are legally enforceable and allow for investment and innovation.

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

We all have an interest in an open Internet.

Political divisions may be fierce, but there is at least one issue that most Americans agree on: net neutrality.

Both Republicans and Democrats championed a structure that allowed the 'application layer' of Internet architecture to be free from government intervention, apart from occasional Federal Trade Commission activity.

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

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