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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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Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. Thats what were doing. – Jimmy Wales

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I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. Were doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way. – 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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Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of ones being. – Orison Swett Marden

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When a mans knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion. – Herbert Spencer

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I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the ability to excel. – Daniel Akaka

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Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. – G. I. Gurdjieff

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