Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be.

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.

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.

We all have individually special kingdoms of success in each of us. Obedience is the throne of those kingdoms without which the real person we are is sure to suffer eviction.

Men are created different they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.

Friends come in herds and they leave in herds. Hollywood loves an adventure, but you have to hit bottom. Then they love to save you and be a part of it. Or think they're a part of it.

If you're not a curious person, you're certainly not going to be a good photographer.

The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.

Men marry what they need. I marry you.

From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden.

You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

The general market wants what I do.