It is one of the glories of America that we move to higher levels of awareness.

The public owns the airwaves; Congress gave them to broadcasters for free, with the understanding that they would serve the public interest while trying to maximize profit. An aspect of serving the public is to use the immense power of electronic media to reflect evolving standards of respect for other people.

We need a data network that can easily carry voice, instead of what we have today, a voice network struggling to carry data.

They are not selling the crown jewels of WorldCom, just some cubic zirconium from MCI,

I really think that everyone will find?that we have given all the businesses a fair chance to compete, that the deregulation expressed in our rules has not tilted the playing field in favor of one industry over another industry, and that it's the marketplace that will determine who are the winners and who are the losers.

There's no really good reason why the price for international calls should be so incredibly much higher, ... But we're going to take some very aggressive step to drive that price down.