A Vast Machine watched and evaluated them, remembering their past acti — John Twelve Hawks

"What happens in our future can change the meaning of what has happened in our past."

"When people decide that a certain way of faith is destined and inevitable, hatred and intolerance follow. Instead of saying, The Light is within you, choose the Light, the message becomes Agree with our version of history or well kill you.”"

"Gradually, I realized that the surveillance cameras plus the email and cell phone monitoring was creating a Virtual Panopticon – a digital prison created and maintained by computer networks that enclosed all of us within its invisible walls."

"One cliché endlessly offered up by the people supporting government surveillance is that there needs to be a “trade-off” between security and privacy. But this is a trade that goes only one way. It’s clear that we’ve lost control over what personal information is public and what we prefer to keep private. The new reality is that they see us, but we can’t see them."

"Freedom is the biggest myth ever created. Its a destructive, unachievable goal that has caused a great deal of pain. Very few people can handle freedom. A society is healthy and productive when its under control."

"True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways."