Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago.

It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned.

We need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.

But it is important always to keep in mind that the danger of harming humans is not connected only or even mainly with telling secrets, there can be great danger in keeping secrets.

You needn't think there is nothing you can do-you can tell the truth.

There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year.

We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.

It is a tribute to the American people that our leaders perceived that they had to lie to us, it is not a tribute to us that we were so easily misled.

This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to protect.

Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.

It’s the people we hardly know, and not our closest friends, who will improve our lives most dramatically

Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.

When we did 'Dynasty', it was the clothes. I think the clothes affected every woman around the world. I got so many letters, I think we made the designer a millionaire!

Ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity... is the Napoleon of crime, Watson.

I tended to do a lot of shows that were ahead of their time and didn't run very long.

We are all meant to be naturalists, each in his own degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of plant and animal life and to care for none of these things.

Inside the silence is a melody.

The superior leader keeps informed about everything but interferes hardly at all.

The psychiatrist's office: the only place I can be sure my story will be treated as sad, but interesting.

Sometimes the most exciting journey you can make is through your own imagination.