We are a representative democracy. But how did we get there? We got there through direct action. And that's enshrined in our Constitution and in our values.

There are cyber threats out there, this is a dangerous world, and we have to be safe, we have to be secure no matter the cost.

The community of technical experts who really manage the internet, who built the internet and maintain it, are becoming increasingly concerned about the activities of agencies like the NSA or Cyber Command, because what we see is that defense is becoming less of a priority than offense.

We have to be able to ask questions in order to answer them.

We have to decide why terrorism is a new threat. There has always been terrorism.

The most important thing to the United States is not being able to attack our adversaries, the most important thing is to be able to defend ourselves. And we can't do that as long as we're subverting our own security standards for the sake of surveillance.

US has to be able to rely on a safe and interconnected internet in order to compete with other countries.