What I wanted to do was give society the information it needed to decide if it wanted to change the system.

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.

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective.

Under the stars, I tried to sleep, but for once in my life couldn't.My mutant super power-the ability to nod off at at the drop of a hat, any time, anywhere-had deserted me.

The first step to that kingdom of God within is to find peace within even among chaos.

As long as there's been poetry, there have been lamentations.

To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.

I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.

I'm an encourager at heart. I love to give words of encouragement and I love to receive words of encouragement. That's probably why words of discouragement affect me so deeply.

Some people you don't have to satirize, you just quote 'em.

Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.