But it is important always to keep in mind that the danger of harming humans is not connected only or even mainly with telling secrets, there can be great danger in keeping secrets.

In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago.

It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned.

Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

We need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.

You needn't think there is nothing you can do-you can tell the truth.

There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.

We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.

It is a tribute to the American people that our leaders perceived that they had to lie to us, it is not a tribute to us that we were so easily misled.

This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to protect.

Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.

Real poetry is art at its purest sense. It is never a commodity, but a breath of eternity.

Haters and bullies are always cowards, you know. They like to pick on little guys.

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.

So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it.

For me, the best rock is not what you play - it's what you're not playing.

Internet has been really amazing, and I think it's a place of great passion, creativity, and knowledge.

Be careful what you do, because the lie becomes the truth.

Every Night and every Morn Some to Misery are born. Every Morn and every Night Some are born to Sweet Delight, Some are born to Endless Night.

In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared.