Only In America can a renowned and devoted terrorism supporter like Peter King be the arbiter of national security and treason.

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.

Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill.

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.

You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.

If you can play with your pain, every day would be a party.

Only if you are possible, everything will be possible.

Knowing your inner voice and how you will confront it, is like talking to yourself in front of the mirror and appreciate it.

When you're going through an emotional experience and you're focussed completely on what's happening, you can't even spare any attention that the camera's there.

It never came out of [Donald Trump] mouth. He was never like, "Oh, I'm not going to do well among women," or, "I really want to - this would be so kind of cool and new."

Hanajima: To truly love someone is to always put thier feelings before your own...No matter what.

The question to ask about the writer isn't 'Why does he behave so badly?' but 'What does he gain by wearing this mask?

I swim in a pool of my own neurosis. I carry love, grief deeply, like an Irishman.

I'm not going to get into a debate over the non-essentials. I won't try to change other denominations. Why be divisive?