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While the Internet can't be controlled 100 percent, it's possible for governments to filter content and discourage people from organizing.
Governments have always been wary of the arts because they're wayward and ambiguous and because they deal with feelings rather than facts.
We should encourage governments to be sustained by citizens' taxes - that is, democracies. Democracies will be enduring allies of America.
When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.
Most sports federations, corporations, and governments don't change voluntarily. Change is brought by the disenfranchised demanding better.
We all have a responsibility to make sure everyone - including companies, governments, and researchers - develop AI with diversity in mind.
At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.
Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments.
The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary.
Whether we realize it or not, we benefit from the work of public-sector employees and our state, county and municipal governments every day.
Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa have failed to provide these things.
I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything.
Intel continues... to abuse their monopoly, and that's why, around the world, governments and regulatory agencies continue to go after them.
England is so dominant within the U.K. that separate English and U.K. parliaments and governments are a recipe for weakness and instability.
I don't care how sacred is freedom, but I think the time has come for governments, at least the Malaysian government, to censor the Internet.
Governments go to war directly or by proxy without declaring war. Force, or threat of force, are constantly used to dominate other countries.
More dangerous than voting for change... is that people no longer vote because they have lost trust not only in governments but in democracy.
Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
Governments have always played an important role in energy investment, but this role has been increasing due to both geography and technology.
Illicit trade corrupts corporations and governments alike, allows dictators to survive, and obscures oppression, including modern day slavery.
If you can't compete fairly, honestly, effectively, no government should intervene. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries.
We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.
After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests.
Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
I believe in small governments or no governments. I think the majority of people want to have big government, a big brother taking care of them.
People have to know that when you sign a deal with Canada, a change in governments won't immediately scrap the jobs and benefits coming from it.
Rainforest land is mistakenly valued solely for the worth of its timber, mining and oil resources by short-sighted corporations and governments.
European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.
What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.
Governments and civil society must step up to ensure inclusivity in the commissioning, design, delivery, and assessment of vital public services.
I want to tell governments and courts, 'Give orders that can be implemented.' They should not give orders that work to break the faith of people.
It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.
The Palestinians have tried everything, and by God, it's Israel's governments that taught us that the only thing the Israelis appreciate is force.
In order to encourage private investors to pursue long-term, responsible projects, governments need to promote consistent policies and frameworks.
People are so much more interested in making connections, and finding common ground, and sharing experiences than sometimes their governments are.
The governments of south Sudan must make sure that everybody will get a nationality - that nobody will become stateless because of this separation.
The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the case.
I think we as a society, a global community, we as governments, need to figure out ways to combat ISIS, not just as a military force but as an idea.
If governments start to go it alone on trade, it will become harder, not easier, to generate the jobs and rising incomes that angry electorates want.
Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.
It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the Internet as a threat in part because they see the U.S. government behind the Internet.
The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan.
Governments must ensure that the power of blogs is cultivated and implemented in collaborative ways, with a view to preserve peace and human dignity.
My role as a broadcast journalist is to analyse information and pass it on to the community. And also as a journalist to hold governments to account.
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
The British and French governments have taken a strong stance against 'extremist content' online when addressing their approach to tackling extremism.
I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.
Over time, Europeans have come to rely on governments to protect them from the rougher facets of private enterprise and to look after them in old age.