The question is: Particularly in the post-9/11 era, are societies becoming more liberal or more authoritarian?

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.

Now is History as fast as the mind remembers.

I fear death. I think I must learn to romanticize death so that I can cope with its brutal irreversible numbness...!

Real life is never quite as interesting as the story told afterward.

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

Sometimes I wonder if the human race isn't collectively as mad as a sack of door knobs.

Prayer is good, but when baked potatoes and milk are needed, prayer will not supply their place.

Give me five players like Robinson and a pitcher and I'll beat any nine-man team in baseball.

Fashion you can buy, but style you possess.

Love is a magic ray emitted from the burning core of the soul and illuminating the surrounding earth. It enables us to perceive life as a beautiful dream between one awakening and another.

If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you? The next man's way of getting there might not necessarily work for me, so I have to create my own ways of getting there.