Information Is Power Quotes

• Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

  Kofi Annan

  Education, Knowledge, Progress Of Society

  Kofi Atta Annan (1998). “The quotable Kofi Annan: selections from speeches and statements by the Secretary-General”, United Nations

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• Information is power only if you can take action with it. Then, and only then, does it represent knowledge and, consequently, power.

  Daniel Burrus

  Doe, Action, Ifs

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• Information is power. Particularly when the competition ignores the opportunity to do the same.

  Mark Cuban

  Opportunity, Competition, Information

  "Interview: Mark Cuban, Businessman". Interview with Scott McKenzie, slushpile.net. March 9, 2006.

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• Information is power. Disinformation is abuse of power.

  Newton Lee

  Abuse, Information, Abuse Of Power

  Newton Lee (2014). “Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness”, p.169, Springer

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• Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.

  Aaron Swartz

  Want, Information

  Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.26, The New Press

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• We have an opportunity for everyone in the world to have access to all the world's information. This has never before been possible. Why is ubiquitous information so profound? It's a tremendous equalizer. Information is power.

  Eric Schmidt

  Teacher, Teaching, Opportunity

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• Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.

  Sam Walton

  Empowering, Risk, Gains

  Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.315, Bantam

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• Information is Power. Think For Yourself. CAUTION: proper use of the brain is not endorsed by federal governments nor huge corporations involved in serious financial profit from a brainwashed and enslaved population. Mild discomfort may occur as confusing independent thought challenges popular views of the world.

  Timothy Leary

  Independent, Thinking, Government

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• Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.

  Robin Morgan

  Peace, Knowledge, Humility

  Robin Morgan (2014). “The Word of a Woman: Feminist Dispatches”, p.121, Open Road Media

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• Information is power. If you have information about the whole planet you have power over the whole planet. By knowing what people do in Germany they, of course, have power over them.

  Jacob Appelbaum

  Knowing, People, Germany

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• If information is power, why are the powerful so ill informed?

  Arthur Curley

  Powerful, Ill, Ifs

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• For years, we've been bludgeoned with the cliche "information is power." But information isn't power. After all, who's got the most information in your neighborhood? Librarians. And they're famous for having no power at all. And who has the most power in your community? Politicians. And they're notorious for being ill-informed.

  Clifford Stoll

  Years, Community, Cliche

  Clifford Stoll (1999). “High-tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian”, Doubleday Books

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• We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts.

  Tavis Smiley

  Country, Giving, Soul

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• A global society is coming into being, a global society that is made out of information that was not intended to be ours, but is ours, by the mistaken invention of computers and the printing press, information is power, and information has spilled by the clumsy hands of the dominator culture so that the information is everywhere, never before has the situation been so fluid, we might be able to finally have a crack at this

  Terence McKenna

  Hands, Cracks, Culture

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• We have to remember that information sharing is restricted by legal barriers and cultural barriers and by the notion that information is power and therefore should be hoarded so if you share information you can extract something in exchange. In today's digital online world, those who don't share information will be isolated and left behind. We need the data of other countries to connect the dots.

  Alan Bersin

  Country, Data, Information Sharing

  Source: www.salon.com

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• Information is power. --Humfrey

  Piers Anthony

  Information

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• I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so keeping your private information to yourself is essential - especially if you are a controversial figure, a celebrity, or a dissident.

  Susan Orlean

  Hands, Issues, Mind

  "Stay Out of My Dropbox" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. May 18, 2011.

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