Democracy Quote by Kersti Kaljulaid

Our people are willing to work with the government on new technologies. Now, it's a habit; every Estonian looks at it as part of…

— Kersti Kaljulaid

The E-government cabinet, E-health services, online voting, online pre-filled tax returns, e-mobile parking, are all examples of Estonian innovation, but far more importantly, they…

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

The digital revolution has deepened the crisis within representative democracy. But as it forces its demise, it might also dictate its future. Traditional representative…

— Eduardo Paes

Governments don't want to be the last ones in the digital sphere if their people and businesses are already there. We have to make…

— Kersti Kaljulaid

The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks - upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including our politics…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Government leaders need to ask themselves if they are positioning their country to reap the full potential of the digital economy.

— John T. Chambers

I'm not a politician, and I do not think I am as effective in this way as people who actually prepare for it -…

— Edward Snowden

Digital society is born when your people refuse to use paper. And in our country, we know that our people refuse to use paper.…

— Kersti Kaljulaid

Finland actually made Internet access a human right a while back. That was a clever thing of Finland. But that's like the only positive…

— Peter Sunde

The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

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

On a transparency front, I would say that I certainly dream of a world in which our local, state, and national and international governments…

— Chelsea Manning