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

It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.

I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom.

People need to understand that the technology is for them. It's not to them. It's not over them. People still sometimes want to be led a little too much.

The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.

Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy.

And the Russians certainly don't have it. If a woman shows up in a fur coat, I just assume she's a crook. And that's me, the nice American. The assumption that you can't make money honestly is a killer.