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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I think its a mistake to treat different realms of knowledge as if they are some how fundamentally the same. – Jimmy Wales

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Knowledge
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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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Theres a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside. – Pearl Bailey

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I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions. – Plutarch

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Knowledge

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. – Immanuel Kant

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Knowledge

I think its wrong that so many people pass on from this existence, and take all their knowledge with them. – Rex Hunt

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