I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion.

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 Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman document in their book Networked, people who are heavily socially active online tend to be also heavily socially active offline; they’re just, well, social people.

You can't convince anyone of anything. You can only give them the right information, so that they convince themselves.

Is it important to have an enlightened teacher? No. Yes. If you are an absolute beginner, it really doesn't matter that much, to tell you the truth.

My real name is Amethyst. It sounds like a stage name. My mom is kind of crazy.

Experts say that if we go to war with Iraq, oil could reach as much as $80 a barrel. Of course, after the war it will be free.

We'll not give up even if we're 12 points behind with one game left.

Time, as a river, hath brought down to us what is more light and superficial, while things more solid and substantial have been immersed.

I do not think of myself as unusually creative. I think we all come from the creator, each human being streaming with the glory. So each one of us is creative.

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn't until middle age.

Nulle cre ature humaine ne peut commander a' l'amour. No human being can give orders to love.