Patrick Choi

“In the 1990s, the Internet had yet to fall victim to the greatest iniquity in digital history: the move by both government and businesses to link, as intimately as possible, users’ online personas to their offline legal identity.”
― Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

“Never react to what people say. React to what they mean. Just remember: People hardly ever say what they mean.”
― George J. Thompson, Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion

“I had hoped to serve my country, but instead I went to work for it. This is not a trivial distinction.”
― Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

“If your antagonist can upset you, he owns you at some level.”
― George J. Thompson, Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion