American - Businessman | August 5, 1967 -
There's a lot of people in the world that would love to trade places with American citizens, and we are very fortunate to be here.
Reid Hoffman
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Democracy tends to be a collaborative process, a committee, a consensus. Silicon Valley tends to believe in the individual who creates a small group and does something big.
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So benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards, right?
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We want to be inclusive. We want to have our shareholders, our employees, our customers, whether they are Democrat, Republican, Green or Libertarian, to feel comfortable with how we're doing business. And so that tends to be apolitical. People say, 'No, no, I just simply shouldn't get involved in politics.'
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It's unprecedented in the post-World War II era to have the leader of Germany say, 'Oh we can't rely on America anymore.'
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I would have volunteered to work at Netscape. It was the center node of this new technology and the commercial ecosystem of the Internet.
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As a candidate, Trump could make outlandish statements with little regard for their Constitutional implications. As President, he is pledged to respect the Constitution's authority, and the specific rights and protections it guarantees to every American citizen.
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If Trump's actions as President reflect his campaign rhetoric, the ACLU and other capable organizations like it will be critical for defending the Bill of Rights for all Americans.
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For me, the ethical arguments that resonate strongest are the ones that oppose the death penalty.
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Any effort to make the death penalty speedier and less costly - more 'efficient' - will inevitably make it less just.
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For Trump, the reasons to release his tax returns have always been compelling. Doing so would show the American people he doesn't just talk about accountability and transparency but also walks the walk.
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The American people deserve to know what's on Trump's tax returns. And Trump must show that he truly embraces accountability and transparency and understands what it means to work on behalf of the public interest.
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