"No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused."

“Unfortunately, the mainstream media now seems far more interested in what I said when I was 17 or what my girlfriend looks like rather than, say, the largest program of suspicionless surveillance in human history.”

“Abandoning open society for fear of terrorism is the only way to be defeated by it.”

“For everyone out there listening, thank you and Merry Christmas.”

“Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American”

“It is we who infuse life with meaning through our actions and the stories we create with them.”

“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.”