I think that - not just as a journalist but as a human being - I have the ethical responsibility to avoid actions that can harm innocent people.

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.

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.

For misery don't blame God. He gives the food but we cook it.

A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance.

[ Cyber hacking] that's probably the only thing that we've learned from Hillary Clinton.

Always tell the truth or the truth will tell on you.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, nothing completely straight was ever made

I have gradually confused photography and life and as a result of this I believe I am able to work out of myself at an almost precognitive level.

I was the founder of the Cartoon Bank in the 90s. I was interested in finding ways for cartoonists to supplement their incomes.

Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.

Who cares about everyone? What about me?