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

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.

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.

The sad truth is that societies that demand whistleblowers be martyrs often find themselves without either, and always when it matters the most.

In the end, bless the darkness, hold the light, because the two aren't divisible.

Numbers constitute the only universal language.

The man grinned back at me with that perfect sincerity we fear and call simple-minded.

I'm going in a really weird I-don't-know-where direction, but I prefer anything [different] from how standardized filmmaking has become.

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.

Necessity, weight, and value are three concepts inextricably bound: only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value.

These people are like sheep, if you were to ask them, who would like hepatitis, they are all going to cheer.

You need anything else... You to touch me like I matter.

The start of the day is often the best time to get things done. This is somewhat related to willpower.

Failing is a judgment that we humans place on a given action. Rather than judgment, substitute this attitude: You cannot fail, you can only produce results.