I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.
Jimmy WalesThe real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks.
Jimmy WalesWhat 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 WalesThe Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as other people just like us. So get to know people, seek out bloggers from a country you're kind of curious about. It's about building empathy and breaking through to the point of recognizing people as people.
Jimmy Wales