Washington likes to threaten the people over whom they exercise power.

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.

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

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.

The songs of separation Are not always full of painOften they talk of the fondnessThat flows in the lovers’ veins…

I've put on a lot of weight... I only weighed six and a half pounds when I was born.

I think I'd like to be best friends with Björk, because I'd like to pick her brain a lot all the time and just have weird times together.

The chiefe boxe of health is time.

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

[Eve] sees through Satan's disquise of clever hypocrisy, identifies him, and exposes him for what he is...[ever since Satan has] had it in for women.

You are what you settle for.

Many people don't allow themselves to love...because there are a lot of things at risk a lot of future and a lot of past.

Spelling is improved when reading is done.

We have a training period; we have certain guidelines and structure. You can't hire talented people and stifle them. That's not the way it works anymore.