Best quotes by Maria Ressa on Government
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‟ Now technology gives you a chance to help organize. You don't have to wait for either the inefficiency or the corruption. You don't have to wait for government. You can actually self-organize and build institutions bottom up.
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‟ I'm not a critic, I'm a journalist. I'm doing my job holding the government to account.
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‟ After I got arrested the Filipino government unshackled me. I knew first-hand how they violated my rights and I could speak about that from experience.
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‟ In a weird way, I'm a good target for the government, because I can push back.
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‟ 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.
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‟ If I lose these tax-evasion cases and others filed by the Philippine government, I could go to jail for 10 to 15 years.
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‟ Frankly, it's a bit shocking to me the lengths government will go to to let little Rappler feel its power.
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‟ In 14 months, my government, the Philippine 2 government, has filed 11 cases. I posted bail eight times, I've been arrested twice in five weeks, detained once, and the only thing I've done, my only crime is to be a journalist, to speak truth to power.
- Maria Ressa