Government Quote by Jon Postel

The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless global economic…

— John Perry Barlow

There is no country on Earth where Internet and telecommunications companies do not face at least some pressure from governments to do things that…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

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

What is responsible for the phenomenal development of the Internet? Well, it certainly wasn't heavy-handed government regulation.

— Ajit Pai

I don't think the Internet should be immune to the standing laws of countries.

— Rob Lowe

The Internet is not a thing, a place, a single technology, or a mode of governance. It is an agreement.

— John Gage

A lack of government oversight hasn't hindered the Internet. Quite the opposite. A hands-off approach is largely responsible for its fantastic growth and success.

— Heather Brooke

The Internet is an important cultural phenomenon, but that doesn't excuse its failure to comply with basic economic laws. The problem is that it…

— Thomas Nolle

The Internet is too transformative for incumbents to not want to try to stifle or curb it - incumbents in the sense of multinational…

— Alexis Ohanian

The Internet is not kind to established institutions.

— Jamais Cascio

The public should have access to unfettered communication and commerce, and the Internet is increasingly the medium where that takes place.

— Zephyr Teachout

I think we really made a mistake in separating the Internet from capitalism in a certain way that is bad for our country.

— Esther Dyson