We can plant bugs in machines. Once you go on the network, I can identify your machine. You will never be safe whatever protections you put in place.

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.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

Reading as an adult, for pleasure, is infinitely better than reading the stuff assigned to you back in school. You get to choose what you want to read.

That's what I love from metal, and that's what I love from hip-hop. That's what I love from any music that's hard, that's got an edge to it-The attitude in it.

The truth of a man is first and foremost what he hides.

Family is this very deep, complex thing that for most people becomes everything. It informs your entire life.

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

I would show up at any venue that had an open mic.

When it comes down to the music, it's just you and the microphone. It's not you and the record execs.

I love the people,' I said. 'I have room in me for love, and for ever so many little lives.

If the depths of everyone's sin was made public, we would all be much more gracious to each other.