Someone recently talked about mass surveillance and the NSA revelations as being the atomic moment for computer scientists. The atomic bomb was the moral moment for physicists. Mass surveillance is the same moment for computer scientists, when they realize that the things they produce can be used to harm a tremendous number of people.

[Our system of education ]not designed to create critical thinkers.

I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion.

We have to confront the reality of our world, and make the hard decisions about which way we want to move forward.

People say that [i'm a celebrity], but I've only had to sign autographs for "civ-libs" types. And I autograph court orders.

I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of omniscient State powers kept in check by nothing more than policy documents.

We are no longer citizens, we no longer have leaders. We're subjects, and we have rulers.