“We live in a nation where education and free thought are tantamount to treason, and I have to ask, under these circumstances, is treason such a bad thing?”

“The question deserves to be asked: Is hating one's nation really such a bad thing? Or perhaps more importantly, after the crimes our government has committed, what moral self-respecting person can truly love this nation?”

“The United States has never done away with slavery; we just stopped calling it such. These days, we call it free-market capitalism.”

“If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it?”

“The universe seems to be a lot like a car or a computer, in that it's designed to be user-friendly, which doesn't necessarily require the user to have a clue what's going on under the hood.”

“Why is it acceptable to do such horrible things in the name of staying alive? Would it not have been better had I died with my innocence intact?”

“The greatest obstacle to human liberty is that the vast majority of people do not wish to be free.”