“Journalism has a check-and-balance effect to those in power, and those...” — Maria Ressa Quote

“Journalism has a check-and-balance effect to those in power, and those in power submitted themselves to it.”

“Let me go back to a fundamental thing we all used to agree on: information is power. That's why we became journalists in the first place.”

“So a lie told a million times becomes the truth.”

“If I lose these tax-evasion cases and others filed by the Philippine government, I could go to jail for 10 to 15 years.”

“Frankly, it's a bit shocking to me the lengths government will go to to let little Rappler feel its power.”

“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.”

“I read a quote to the effect that we are always writing about ourselves no matter what we're doing. That may be so.”

“The Trump effect I think is very real, and I think people realize that. Everyone wants the president to come hold a rally in their state, in their area, and with very good reason.”

“Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress.”

“When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect on how we live, but it is important to understand where we come from and what we can expect to find as we explore.”

“The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement.”

“Gravity is one variable in a lot of scientific processes. If you can remove gravity or minimize its effect, then you can understand the other processes that are going on.”