Every time we witness an act that we feel to be unjust and do not act, we become a party to injustice.

One of the best attributes of human beings is that they're adaptable; one of the worst attributes of human beings is they are adaptable. They adapt and start to tolerate abuses, they adapt to being involved themselves in abuses, they adapt to adversity and they continue on.

Over the last fifteen years, every single person the U.S. has tried to extradite from Sweden has been extradited, and they refuse to provide a guarantee [that won't happen].

Has WikiLeaks been forced to do one thing rather than another in response to resource constraints? Yes. Constantly.

Even the U.S. government agrees that some Saudi figures have been supporting ISIL, or ISIS.

A great number of those working for liberal causes are not only shy but borderline collusive. They want change to happen nicely, and it won't. They want decency to come about without anybody suffering or being embarrassed, and it won't. And most of all they want to give many of the enemies of open government the benefit of the doubt, and I don't. It's not just a difference of approach, it's a complete schism in our respective philosophy. You can't go about disclosure in the hope that it won't spoil anybody's dinner.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine Washington-back ed Google Glasses strapped onto vacant human faces - forever.