“If people are saying, look, we gotta ban Bitcoin because it's somewhat anonymous and anonymous transactions can occur, or because it's possible for criminals to use it, all of those arguments can be used to say, just ban dollars.” - Jared Polis

“No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused.” - Edward Snowden

“For those who stubbornly seek freedom around the world, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the propaganda system to which we are subjected and in which all too often we serve as unwilling or unwitting instruments.” - Noam Chomsky