Do we want to emulate China in the way that China emulates the West? I think, for most Americans, the answer to that question would be no.

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.

People-based service is God-based service

You made a lifetime commitment before God and the world. A silly thing like a divorce doesn’t reverse it.

Keep the faith. It is the greatest gift.

You people are not prepared. You are well educated and you look cute, but that's not going to cut it.

With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.

Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.

I believe a unique core self is born into every human being; the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again.

Evie didn’t mind yelling, but she hated feeling judged. It got under her skin and made her feel small and ugly and unfixable.

We all have wings, but it is up to each one of us to have the courage to fly

A man isn't really alive till he has something bigger than himself and his own little happiness, for which he'd gladly die.