There is a technical solution to every political problem...

There is a technical solution to every political problem...

I believe strongly that Occupy Wall Street had such limits because the local authorities were able to enforce, basically in our imaginations, an image of what proper civil disobedience is - one that is simply ineffective.

The sad truth is that societies that demand whistleblowers be martyrs often find themselves without either, and always when it matters the most.

When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.

Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama on Guantánamo, the surveillance programs and investigating the crimes of the Bush administration. These were very serious campaign promises that were not fulfilled.

We don't have to ask for our privacy, we can take it back.