As for labeling someone a whistleblower, I think it does them - it does all of us - a disservice, because it "otherizes" us.

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.

As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly.

We're all born with curiosity, but at some point, school usually manages to knock that out of us.

The No. 1 thing I am earnestly attracted to is intelligence.

When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake.

The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer.

Shackled heart, free spirit.--Whoever binds his heart tightly and imprisons it may indulge his spirit in many liberties: I have already said that once. But no one believes me unless he already knows.

Parenthood is an amazing opportunity to be able to ruin someone from scratch.

I make my weaknesses my strengths and my stengths stronger.

That strange blend of the commercial traveller, the missionary and the barbarian conqueror, which was the American abroad.

One of the reasons why you like to do your own drawings is, your style changes over time. And there's something about that that keeps it fresh to the viewer.