Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.

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.

Join hands with other protagonists of love and peace and become a love commander.

If you want to win a game of life, there is only one way — you must be unpredictable. Otherwise life will never forgive such a deadly sin.

Sometimes talking to you is like talking to myself: pretty damned annoying.

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of humanity is what separates a full portrait from a stereotype.

Even meeting Kyoto targets barely makes a dent in what we have to achieve.

If there is a God, I want to see him. I don't want to just hear some holy roller shouting about him.

I had no intention of anyone ever finding out what I had done.

Everything, even the most ordinary daily affair, is enriched by the lessons that can be gleaned from art.

Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.