Barrett Brown

"Being an atheist is like not owning a TV – completely rational, but best kept to one's self."

"I would love to debate any politician in any western state on the question of whether the rule of law ought to be respected in a world where even the most "respectable" governments establish intellige…"

"What an age of innocence it was, the Watergate era... way back in the halcyon days when the US could be contrasted with totalitarian regimes on matters of surveillance."

"I, for instance, am a jackass, and this anguishes me quite a bit, or at least it would if I were not so fond of being a jackass, which has long been a hobby of mine."

"The less said about my extended family back in ranch country the better, as I don't want the ATF burning them alive."

"This is not the “rule of law”...it is the “rule of law enforcement."

"When we start fighting crime by any means necessary we become guilty of the same hypocrisy as law enforcement agencies throughout history that break the rules to get the villains, and so become villai…"

"The truth is that I am a sentient computer program and I fully intend to burn your cities to the ground."