To keep a person ignorant is to place them in a cage.

Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.

You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice.

There is nothing new in this world other than the history that you don't know yet.

Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform.

Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism.

The only way to keep a secret is to never have one.

You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you.

What does censorship reveal? It reveals fear.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.

My two daughters live on Facebook, and social media is their mode of communication.

I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God I shall continue to do so.

Words don't mean, people mean.

Secret courts making secret rulings on secret laws, and companies flagrantly lying to consumers about the insecurity of their products and services, undermine the very foundations of our society.

Affecting the world is obviously possible when we see people in the world who we really love and respect and we see how that they affect our lives.

I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.

The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports.

One of the things which separates British and American culture is the reverence for the flag in American culture.

I think a duet with Janet is a great idea.