Therefore, we must support initiatives to make the personal computer and Internet access as ubiquitous as the telephone and television is today. We should take a firm stand that terrorist or other criminal acts on the Internet will not be tolerated anywhere in the world. Nations should work cooperatively with the private sector and guard against cyber-terrorism and invasions of privacy on the Internet. No citizen should surrender his or her privacy or security in order to gain access to a world of knowledge. Business models are changing.
Companies are more efficient while productivity per employee is increasing exponentially.
People who used to work for others are now independent entrepreneurs. The same transformations are occurring in education and in the way we live, obtain information, communicate with family and friends and conduct our personal lives. Fundamentally, the Internet empowers. It empowers businesses, business leaders, employees, educators, and mostly it empowers each individual citizen. So as you discuss the challenges of the ongoing Internet Revolution, keep in mind the Internet's real potential to foster individual liberty, to spread equality and democracy, and to improve the quality of life of every man, women, and child in every corner of the world.