A citizenry that is aware of always being watched quickly becomes a compliant and fearful one.

Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.

Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else.

The ultimate test of a society's freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it's how it treats its dissidents.

Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations

It's hard to imagine a more potent sign of a weak, declining empire than having one's national 'credibility' depend upon periodically bombing other countries.

When you cheer for the erosion of Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs rights, you're cheering for the erosion of your own.

The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence presented or opportunity to contest those accusations.

Terrorism': the word that means nothing, yet justifies everything.

Only In America can a renowned and devoted terrorism supporter like Peter King be the arbiter of national security and treason.

Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

we would not reliably assent to reproduce unless we first had lost our minds.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?

i like the book my bloody life because it tell what gange related do and what makeks them feel bad

It was a salad bar of phobias

Haste to disgrace the traitor. Do not wait 'til later.

I love titles and organizing chains of ideas. I like that very much.

Music is half the film.

There in the center of that silence was not eternity but the death of time and a loneliness so profound the word itself had no meaning.