You can’t propose that something be a universal space and at the same time keep control of it.

What's very important from my point of view is that there is one web … Anyone that tries to chop it into two will find that their piece looks very boring.

[The internet] ought to be like clay, rather than a sculpture that you observe from a distance.

Freedom of connection with any application to any party is the fundamental social basis of the internet. And now, is the basis of the society built on the internet.

If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other.

It's possible to live without the Web. It's not possible to live without water. But if you've got water, then the difference between somebody who is connected to the Web and is part of the information society, and someone who (is not) is growing bigger and bigger.

Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split.