The power of the presidency is important, but it is not determinative.

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.

People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me.

Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert. Those are the guys I look at who are telling me pretty much the truth. And they throw humor into it which makes it much more interesting to listen to.

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Style is to see beauty in modesty.

In my first stand-up acts there wasn't material even. You know, I'd go on stage and cry and read a Dear John letter or gut fish on stage. I could be odd - and it's what interested me as a comedian.

Write about what you don't know about what you know.

People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life.

Designing is not a profession but an attitude... Thinking in relationships.

Never forget which way you face