Getting inequality out there into the consciousness was important. All these political pundits now talking about the 2014 and 2016 elections are talking about inequality.

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.

I have nothing but a great head to offer.Is that enough?

Most of us aren't equipped to handle miracles, man. I'm not sure that I am, not without being seriously stoned.

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.

I never met Putin, I don't know who Putin is.

Modern programs must handle Unicode —Python has excellent support for Unicode, and will keep getting better.

No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity for an education, a job, or simple justice.

People say that bad memories cause the most pain, but it's actually the good ones that drive you insane.

I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.

You live a third of your life when you dream. So you may as well live in your dreams – the way you want to be living. The way you want to be.

Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home.