In America, we collect more digital communications from America than we do from the Russians.

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.

You're not a piece of nothing, but the all of everything.

He always ran away from the battle with himself. Even in his own heart's privacy, he excused himself, saying, "If she hadn't said so-and-so, it would never have happened.

I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.

Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.

There's no way of knowing that your last good day is Your Last Good Day. At the time, it is just another good day.

I like to push people till I get the truth out of them. Get them drunk, or whatever. Then discover what they really think. Push them and push them and push them.

During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.

The most solitary I ever felt was when I was living in New York. I used to live in Enrico Caruso's old apartment, and I had a special staircase that took me up to the roof. There was nobody up there.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!