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What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes

What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge – the ability to defeat propaganda by understanding it. – Jimmy Wales

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My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and so on, freedom of speech, but your grandmother should also be able to walk down the street at night without having to worry about getting mugged. – Jimmy Wales

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I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband. – Jimmy Wales

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Im a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought. – Jimmy Wales

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Making a film of a work youve played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera youve worked out the behavior and life of a character. – Linda Lavin

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His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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To remove this obstacle I repeat or refer to such knowledge as has come under my notice, my own previously expressed views, and also describe and exhibit my last experiments and explain their novelty and utility. – Lawrence Hargrave

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You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. Thats the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans. We dont simply skim the elite. – Donna Shalala

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