We do not live in a revolutionary time. People are not prepared to contest power.

The work of a generation is beginning here, with your hearings, and you have the full measure of my gratitude and support.

This whole pre-criminal investigation, where we watch everybody, all the time, just in case, is really an extraordinary departure from the Western liberal tradition.

And that's not something I'm willing to support, it's not something I'm willing to build and it's not something I'm willing to live under.

When people talk about Web 2.0, they mean that when the Internet, the World Wide Web, first became popular, it was one way only.

You don't need to justify your rights as a citizen - that inverts the model of responsibility. The government must justify its intrusion into your rights. If you stop defending your rights by saying, "I don't need them in this context" or "I can't understand this," they are no longer rights.

Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it.