In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.

The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.

The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model.

Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda.

I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.

Shibuya is a trendy part of Tokyo where young people come to meet and have a good time.

The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order.

We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can bring about change in our digital lives if we don’t take responsibility.

We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and human rights is really kind of up in the air.

When you hold onto a script that doesn't serve you, you leave no space to write a new one that does.

There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

[on the birth of his son after having had two daughters] I finally got it right.

The mere habit of learning to love is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in a young lady is a great blessing

In the future we'll be able to mentally contact anybody we want, see whatever image we want. And when we don't like it, we'll just turn it off.

If you are curious, you will learn. If you are desperate, you will discover.

I think of myself as a very lazy author.

So many QBs throw the ball down the field, that's wrong. Watch Aaron Rodger throw it up the field

The eyes are the landing strip to the heart.

I think the fundamental apprehension is that the city's an organism of some form, rather than being governed from above.