There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.

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.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.

Inspiration is solitary, never consecutive.

Wherever is your heart I call home.

It is a matter mostly of having the time to spare from my finished paintings to put in on travelling and sketching out of doors.

There the door is always open into the “holy” — growth, birth, death.

[Internet] is kind of like a hammer. The technology itself doesn't determine how its used. It depends on the social, cultural and economic context in which the technology is made available.

I usually need a can of beer to prime me.

While I was serving, I worked as an adventure training officer, teaching soldiers how to ski, canoe and climb.

Dreams and dedication are a powerful combination.

You are made Rather to wonder at the things you hear Than to work any.