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

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.

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 - not just as a journalist but as a human being - I have the ethical responsibility to avoid actions that can harm innocent people.

Lady Ponsonby was right. The forbidden fruit isn't shaped like an apple. It's shaped like a banana.

People who get up early in the morning cause war, death and famine.

Intelligence and effort can be no compensation for ugliness.

Society can only hurt if you care for its opinion

Positivity is the vault of every destiny.

Dancing is to music what a beloved wife is to her husband. Both of them are so in love, you can't separate them.

Our disasters have been some of the best things that ever happened to us. And what we swore were blessings have been some of the worst.

Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet.

The class war is over.

Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.