“Democracies accept certain risks that tyrannies do not”

“I basically have two states of being: on the road or on the computer.”

“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.”

“The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors.”

“Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.”

“A certain combination of incompetence and indifference can cause almost as much suffering as the most acute malevolence.”

“One of the problems with the kill-or-capture metric is that it has often been to the exclusion of having a deeper, richer understanding of the movement, its origins, and our adversaries' mindset. The nuances are absolutely critical. Our adversaries are wedded to the ideology that informs and fuels their struggle, and, by not paying attention, we risk not knowing our enemy.”