We have the means and we have the technology to end mass surveillance without any legislative action at all, without any policy changes.

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.

Do many guys ask you out twice?""Only the ones with balls.

A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.

My wife is very happy about me keeping all my music in my pocket.

Killing terrorists is cheaper than capturing them.

But you're so busy changing the world Just one smile can change all of mine

You have to do what's best for you and what's going to make you happy at the end of the day, because no one can live with the consequences or anything that comes with your decision besides you.

This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.

In the midnight of a soul's unsleeping, hear the waterfall of women weeping. Hear the distant noise of traffic stalling, hear the prostituted children calling.

I think you'd be pretty in any color."-Posy to Octavia

Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.