"The only way to make a difference is to be willing to take a risk."

"Transparency is not a threat to national security; it's a safeguard against abuse."

"I think the public has a right to know what their government is doing in their name."

"The government is building a prison without walls."

"I don’t see myself as a hero because what I’m doing is self-interested: I don’t want to live in a world where there’s no privacy."