A given order may at any given time fail to represent those values, even work against those values. I think that's the dynamic we're seeing today.

There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.

Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.

Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to need them.

It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.

I don't want to live in a world where there's no privacy, and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity.

Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.

Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be.

The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works

We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.

Because, remember, I didn't want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.

Many people succeed when others do not believe in them. But rarely does a person succeed when he does not believe in himself.

When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.

If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it, those are the scary people. Those are the people you want to watch out for.

Hours are golden links--God's tokens reaching heaven.

The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.

The greater success a man has made, the more he fears a climb down.

In the common esteem, not only are the only good aboriginals dead ones, but all aboriginals are either sacred or contemptible according to the length of time they have been dead.

It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.