Always make the choice to learn. What Princeton taught me was whatever mess you are studying, pull a thread with great persistence ’til you have clarity of thought. Princeton taught me how to solve a problem. How to think – that’s what we pull out of this place. Maria Ressa Read Quote
All around the world, leaders are gaining more power. That’s what this pandemic demands: a coordinated whole-of-nation approach with a powerful conductor at its center. Maria Ressa Read Quote
I landed in New Jersey, where I could barely speak English, and I had to figure out what a short brown kid was going to do in this big white world. Maria Ressa Read Quote
I’m banking on the fact that there are still good people in government who will prevent this. I’ve been a journalist for more than 33 years, and at Rappler we refuse to change, I refuse to be bullied. Maria Ressa Read Quote
In a war zone you know exactly where the threats are coming from. I plan my way in and we plan our way out and you’re there for a limited period of time. Maria Ressa Read Quote
If you want to rip the heart out of a democracy, you go after the facts. That’s what modern authoritarians do. You lie. All the time. Then, you say it’s your opponents and the journalists who lie. Maria Ressa Read Quote
Embrace your fear. Imagine what you’re most afraid of, touch it and hold it so that you rob it of its power. Maria Ressa Read Quote
All through my life, when faced with a difficult decision, I always ask myself – where can I learn more. Make the choice to learn. Maria Ressa Read Quote
If the social media platforms don’t take the gatekeeping seriously they will kill the public sphere. If we don’t get this right in 2020 you can open a decade or longer of a descent into fascism. And it will be global because platforms are global. Maria Ressa Read Quote
