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

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Freedom
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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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positive
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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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Freedom
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This required the development of a view which allowed one to integrate research with belief, thing with person, fact with aesthetics, knowledge with application of knowledge. – Kenneth L. Pike

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Knowledge

I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background. – Walter Gilbert

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Knowledge

The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world it does not have vastness. – Robert Delaunay

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Knowledge

Im quite ignorant about fashion and Im colourblind, so its all a tad tricky. My only knowledge of that world comes through Christopher Bailey, whom I first met in 2008 when I did a campaign for Burberry that featured musicians, artists, actors and sportsmen. – Eddie Redmayne

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Knowledge

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Its amazing, if you know what you want to say, how fast it is to write. – Evan Davis

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I grew up in a very religious family and it is the motivating force to every thing I do. I am fortunate to have had adults all around me who really lived their faith, in helping other people and doing the best you can do. – Marian Wright Edelman

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May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. – Peter Marshall

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When planning your wedding you make so many decisions: Do I want this fork or that fork? But in the end people arent going to remember what napkin holder you choose. – Lara Stone

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