Truth Quotes by Maria Ressa

Without facts you can't have truth.

— Maria Ressa

When you're on social media, your brain is being rewired.

— Maria Ressa

I don't think we have wrapped our heads around how much technology has allowed the manipulation of individuals and democracies.

— Maria Ressa

You cannot succeed if at some point you haven't failed.

— Maria Ressa

To deal with COVID-19, countries like India, Brazil, Jordan and Thailand are cutting press freedom and freedom of expression. In nations like Israel, South…

— Maria Ressa

How well we survive this time of creative destruction, it really is, depends on each of us, on each of us fighting our individual…

— Maria Ressa

All through my life, when faced with a difficult decision, I always ask myself - where can I learn more. Make the choice to…

— Maria Ressa

I'm not a politician; I'm a journalist.

— Maria Ressa

In a weird way, I'm a good target for the government, because I can push back.

— Maria Ressa

I work too hard, I'd be a really bad mom, unfortunately. I can't even keep a plant!

— Maria Ressa

Always make the choice to learn. What Princeton taught me was whatever mess you are studying, pull a thread with great persistence 'til you…

— Maria Ressa

“Anyone who stood up to the lies spreading over pro-Duterte and pro-Marcos disinformation networks was gaslit, or told they were crazy. What the bad…

— Maria Ressa

Embrace your fear. Imagine what you're most afraid of, touch it and hold it so that you rob it of its power.

— Maria Ressa

Journalism has a check-and-balance effect to those in power, and those in power submitted themselves to it.

— Maria Ressa

I run Rappler, an online news site in the Philippines.

— Maria Ressa