Our founders did not write that 'We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all US Persons are created equal.'

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.

There's a real danger in the way our representative government functions today. It functions properly only when paired with accountability.

The definition of a security state is one that prioritizes security over all other considerations.

The public don't want to authorize the internet to become a battleground. We need to do everything we can as a society to keep that a neutral zone, to keep that an economic zone that can reflect our values, both politically, socially, and economically.

I've got more than enough for my needs [for social life in Moscow], let's put it that way.

As I said before, [patriotism] is distinct from acting to benefit the government - a distinction that's increasingly lost today.