There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.

In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago.

It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned.

Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

We need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.

But it is important always to keep in mind that the danger of harming humans is not connected only or even mainly with telling secrets, there can be great danger in keeping secrets.

You needn't think there is nothing you can do-you can tell the truth.

We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.

It is a tribute to the American people that our leaders perceived that they had to lie to us, it is not a tribute to us that we were so easily misled.

This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to protect.

Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.

Giving with love is more rewarding for the giver's heart and mind than the receiver

I am itching like hell to play America because I know that if I did the show over there, they would love it.

If you will not have death unto sin, you shall have sin unto death. There is no alternative. If you do not die to sin, you shall die for sin. If you do not slay sin, sin will slay you.

Everybody starts at the top, and then has the problem of staying there. Lasting accomplishment, however, is still achieved through a long, slow climb and self-discipline.

The birch is used only out of bad temper and weakness, for the birch is a servile punishment which degrades the soul even when it corrects, if indeed it corrects, for its usual effect is to harden.

I secretly understood: the primitive appeal of the hearth. Television is - its irresistible charm - a fire.

My start in politics was watching my parents go to the polls on election day. It reminded me that being an active, engaged citizen and voter is critical to the success of our democracy.

Art only begins where Imitation ends.

Our country and state have a special obligation to work toward the stabilization of our own population so as to credibly lead other parts of the world toward population stabilization.

The American economy has always been the innovator in the world, and we're starting to see some tremendous increases in innovation, especially in the clean energy sector.