177 Quotes by Jimmy Wales

I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren’t that great.

While I’m optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments.

What you don’t get in the mainstream media is so much of the background material.

Ideally, our rules should be formed in such a fashion that an ordinary helpful kind thoughtful person doesn’t really even need to know the rules. You just get to work, do something fun, and nobody hassles you as long as you are being thoughtful and kind.

Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We’ve moved a long way from that, and that’s important.

I’m very much an Enlightenment kind of guy.

We don’t stoop to the level of our worst critics, no matter how much we may find them to be annoying.

Frankly, and let me be blunt, Wikipedia as a readable product is not for us. It’s for them. It’s for that girl in Africa who can save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around her, but only if she’s empowered with the knowledge to do so.

Given enough time humans will screw up Wikipedia just as they have screwed up everything else, but so far it’s not too bad.