What Jimmy Wales thinks about courage
American-British internet entrepreneur; co-founder of Wikipedia (2001) and of Fandom, and author of The Seven Rules of Trust (2025).
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1 dated position, 2012, in their own words. Our reading of what Jimmy Wales has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThese, and people like them, are my heroes. They are the people of true courage. I’m a very fortunate man in life, and I’m proud to stand up for freedom of speech and the right to access to knowledge in every circumstance that I can. But my courage, if it is courage, is nothing compared to the courage of those who are really risking life and limb to speak truth to power.