Creating Quote by John Perry Barlow

There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.

— Jon Postel

It's very difficult for governments to dominate the Internet because it's so difficult to control. People want to be free. People want to hear…

— Eric Schmidt

The Internet may well disempower the nation state, but at the same time, it also strengthens certain specific state functions - like surveillance. As…

— John Perry Barlow

I'm well aware that the Internet is global and can't be wholly affected by any one country. But the United States has outsized influence.

— Walt Mossberg

The development of the Internet has posed new challenges to national sovereignty, security and development interests.

— Xi Jinping

The public don't want to authorize the internet to become a battleground. We need to do everything we can as a society to keep…

— Edward Snowden

The thing we have to be careful of is that the Internet is a global communications medium, and if one country tips the balance…

— John W. Thompson

Internet and government is Topic A in every nation, all around the world. There is the question of getting the Internet built. That involves…

— Vint Cerf

The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity in secret…

— Edward Snowden

I believe that there is a whole set of issues in the world - environment, proliferation, energy, cyberspace - that can only be dealt…

— Henry A. Kissinger

I think that we're now deep into a struggle for control over the Internet and there are various actors - state, corporate, civic, criminal…

— Misha Glenny

It's one of those secrets that not a lot of politicians realize: The Internet is not a 10th-tier policy issue. It's not an add-on…

— Zephyr Teachout