We are creating a world where anyone, anywhere may express his or her beliefs, no matter how singular, without fear of being coerced into silence or conformity.

One may as well be optimistic. The road to catastrophe will be rougher if it's paved with dread.

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

I have a feeling Virtual Reality will further expose the conceit that 'reality' is a fact. It will provide another reminder of the seamless continuity between the world outside and the world within, delivering another major hit to the old fraud of objectivity. 'Real,' as Kevin Kelly put it, 'is going to be one of the most relative words we'll have.'

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.

I ... believe that angels, or something like them, sometimes live among us, hidden within our fellow human beings.

With the development of the Internet...we are in the middle of the most transforming technological event since the capture of fire. I used to think that it was just the biggest thing since Gutenberg, but now I think you have to go back farther.