When we think in the context of the last decade's infringements upon personal liberty and the last year's revelations, it's not about surveillance. It's about liberty.

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.

You can’t be a great leader if your heart is not filled with greatness.

There are no rights and wrongs. Just lessons, lessons and more lessons. With hopefully a little fun in-between.

The public have neither shame nor gratitude.

I firmly believe that success lies in the combination of both talent and business savvy, and that the magic comes through partnership between both.

Number one, [Hillary Clinton] is weak. Number two, she has a hair trigger and it's just the opposite with me.

Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.

I spend most of my time reading non-fiction of all sorts. Then poetry. Then fiction to blurb. Then fiction I want to read.

In the conventional wisdom of conservatives, the modern search for security is regularly billed as the greatest single threat to economic progress.

I tried good taste, but the strain was too much for me.

Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.