Tim Berners-Lee Quotes

The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to.

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

The Internet should be an open platform where you are free to go where you want and say and do what you want without having to ask anyone's permission.

Now look: I love Twitter. But let's not kid ourselves; when it comes to a free and open Internet, Twitter is a part of the problem. The company has a viewpoint and uses that viewpoint to discriminate.

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.

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

As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.

The important thing to remember with the Internet is that there are large companies that have an interest in controlling how information flows in it. They're very effective at lobbying Congress, and that pattern has locked down other communication media in the past. And it will happen again unless we do something about it.

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

I think we should not control the Internet.

History is rife with examples of governments taking actions to 'protect' their citizens from harm by controlling access to information and inhibiting freedom of expression and other freedoms outlined in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We must make sure, collectively, that the Internet avoids a similar fate.

Let's keep the Internet weird. Let's keep the Internet free.

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

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.

I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.

We've seen a massive attack on the freedom of the web. Governments are realizing the power of this medium to organize people and they are trying to clamp down across the world, not just in places like China and North Korea; we're seeing bills in the United States, in Italy, all across the world.

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

It's very difficult for governments to dominate the Internet because it's so difficult to control. People want to be free. People want to hear multiple voices. They want to make their own decisions. And people who see things will report things.

At its core, the FCC's plan to regulate the Internet will force businesses and people to check first with the government and get permission to innovate.

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.

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.

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.

To uphold state security China like many other countries of the world has placed some restrictions on the Internet to protect the freedom of the majority of the people.