We've learned that we've allowed technological capabilities to dictate policies and practices, rather than ensuring that our laws and values guide our technological capabilities.

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.

How unladylike of you to mention such a thing.

Success does not come from having one's work recognized by others. It is the fruit of a seed that you lovingly planted.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

If people want some guidance, I say, just look at what people really do. Don't listen to them that much.

As long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth.

A hobby is the result of a distorted view of things. It is putting a planet in the place of a sun.

What did she see in me? What does she see that I don't?

I don't like things that aren't true.

The light needs only our trust And, of course, the darkness To work its eternal alchemy.

I tried to be the leader ... that was my aim. But it is important to know how to win and how to lose.