Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it.
No! Please! I'll tell you whatever you want to know! " the man yelled. "Really?" said Vimes. "What's the orbital velocity of the moon?"" What?"" Oh, you'd like something simpler?
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Terry Pratchett
I get it, ' said the prisoner. 'Good Cop, Bad Cop, eh?' If you like.' said Vimes. 'But we're a bit short staffed here, so if I give you a cigarette would you mind kicking yourself in the teeth?
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Terry Pratchett
You couldn't be satisfied with being an amateur asshole, could you, Jimbo! You had to go and turn pro on me!
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Most people are like sheep. Nice, harmless creatures who want nothing more than to be left alone so they can graze. But then of course there are wolves. Who want nothing more than to eat the sheep. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>But there’s a third kind of...
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Barry Eisler
They're so broke that they've actually cut essential services. In many places, they've cut policemen, because, who the fuck needs them? Or firemen, son of a bitch, it's much more fun watching something burn down.
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Lewis Black
More Quotes By Edward Snowden
These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.
We'd do well to remember that at the end of the day, the law doesn't defend us; we defend the law. And when it becomes contrary to our morals, we have both the right and the responsibility to rebalance it toward just ends.
I was right outside the NSA [on 9/11], so I remember the tension on that day. I remember hearing on the radio, 'the plane's hitting, ' and I remember thinking my grandfather, who worked for the FBI at the time, was in the Pentagon when...
Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.
Study after study has show that human behavior changes when we know we’re being watched. Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively *are* less free.
