You needn't think there is nothing you can do-you can tell the truth.

In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago.

It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned.

Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

We need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.

But it is important always to keep in mind that the danger of harming humans is not connected only or even mainly with telling secrets, there can be great danger in keeping secrets.

There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.

We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.

It is a tribute to the American people that our leaders perceived that they had to lie to us, it is not a tribute to us that we were so easily misled.

This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to protect.

Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.

When man manages his intellect and steadies his mind, He discovers the all-pervading Self.

The better you become as each day goes by, the more you heap dust upon you past until you completely bury it. No matter how obnoxious it was

This life is a wading pool compared to the ocean call eternity.

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true - to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.

When I'm home, I cook my own dinner, all organic.

You can change your health, you can change your relationships, you can change your income, you can change anything.

I associate heavy metal with fantasy because of the tremendous power that the music delivers.

All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; [...] magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.

It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself.