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Danh ngôn của Maria Ressa (Sứ mệnh: 5)

So a lie told a million times becomes the truth.
Press freedom is the foundation of the rights of all Filipinos to the truth.
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.
Press freedom is not just about journalists, right? It's not just about us, it's not just about me, it's not just about Rappler. Press freedom is... the foundation of every single right of every single Filipino to the truth, so that we can hold the powerful to account.
I think that social media platforms and technology have been the accelerator for the push for the populist-style administrations in democratically elected presidents.
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.
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.
A Princeton education sets you up for life: you have learned how to learn, and at a time when technology has changed everything, you will constantly have to learn.
Embrace your fear. Imagine what you're most afraid of, touch it and hold it so that you rob it of its power.