[I]f you want instant, reflexive support for the US government's police and military powers, MSNBC is the place to turn these days.

Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.

Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else.

The ultimate test of a society's freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it's how it treats its dissidents.

Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations

It's hard to imagine a more potent sign of a weak, declining empire than having one's national 'credibility' depend upon periodically bombing other countries.

When you cheer for the erosion of Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs rights, you're cheering for the erosion of your own.

The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence presented or opportunity to contest those accusations.

Terrorism': the word that means nothing, yet justifies everything.

Only In America can a renowned and devoted terrorism supporter like Peter King be the arbiter of national security and treason.

Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill.

I think that 'God' would have a devil of a time if he was here on Earth.

Music is the strongest form of magic.

Lay down an unforgiving spirit, because there'll be no peace until you do.

The job description, like most, used complicated words that made job-hopefuls hesitant to apply because it may be out of their range of capability.

Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.

The fact that people have hijacked it is certainly not something that fills me with great joy. We have to find new ways of addressing people, new ways of getting into contact with people.

If you scare somebody enough, they stop being rational.

Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.

People have the right to their opinion and you have the right to ignore it.

The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apart.