Skip to content

Civic Quote by Ajit Pai

“For newspapers to continue to play an important role in civic engagement, they need more access to capital. Their decline has created a real threat to independent reporting at the state and local level.” quote by Ajit Pai — Download Open image

“For newspapers to continue to play an important role in civic engagement, they need more access to capital. Their decline has created a real threat to independent reporting at the state and local level.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (8 ratings)

Civic Civic engagement Continue More Play Real

More by Ajit Pai

To bring the benefits of the digital age to all Americans, the FCC needs to make it easier for companies to build and expand…

Image

I oppose any proposal for the federal government to build and operate a nationwide 5G network.

Image

Broadband Internet access shouldn't depend on who you are or where you're from.

Image

In my first remarks as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to the agency's terrific staff, I stressed that one of my top priorities…

Image

In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the government called for an Internet 'unfettered by Federal or State regulation.' The result of that fateful decision…

Image

Consumers fare best when the barriers to business entry are low, which helps ensure that the market - any market - becomes competitive and…

Image

You may never need them, but if you do, they'll be there. It's that bedrock promise of protection that makes our public safety officials…

Image

Regulatory mandates have a disproportionate effect on small businesses.

Image

Scammers and spammers use spoofing to disguise their identity, to trick consumers into answering unwanted calls, and to hide from authorities.

Image

Unfortunately, Lifeline, known in some circles as the 'Obamaphone' program, is plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.

Image

I'm not an IT expert myself.

Image

It's vital that low-income Americans have access to communications services, including broadband Internet, which Lifeline helps to achieve.

Image

Explore all 87 Ajit Pai quotes

More Civic quotes

In her religious role, the Queen is head of the Church of England, but in her civic role she cares for all her subjects,…

Image

My parents were active in the anti-war movement in the 1960s, so I grew up with a tradition of civic activism around our dinner…

Image

What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.

Image

High levels of homeownership have been shown to foster greater involvement in school and civic organizations, higher graduation rates, and greater neighborhood stability.

Image

If you believe, as I do, that the scope and range of presidential authority is great, that puts a lot of weight on the…

Benjamin Wittes

Image

My first concert - maybe it was 1979 - was a blur. I'm not sure whether it was Blue Oyster Cult/Cheap Trick/Pat Travers at…

Image

It was Chicago with its World's Fair which vivified the national desire for civic beauty.

Image

As the humanities and liberal arts are downsized, privatized, and commodified, higher education finds itself caught in the paradox of claiming to invest in…

Image

The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming…

Image

Theres something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility that we…

George Hickenlooper

Image

Thanks to modern technology, we now can deliver every text in every research library to every citizen in our country, and to everyone in…

Image

We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have…

Margaret Spellings

Image

Browse all 71 Civic quotes