Most Notable Quotations of 2013 So Far?

[Geoffrey Steven Nathan]

So far my favorite for expressing the zeitgeist is the founder of Lavabit, Snowden's secure email system:

"I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit"

Ladar Levison, Lavabit.com (accessed Aug. 26)

Geoffrey Nathan
Geoffnathan at wayne.edu

On Aug 26, 2013, at 6:55 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> My personal favorite:
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> =93Well, as far as I=92m concerned, Canada=92s not really foreign soil."
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> Said by Cruz

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