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“Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.” – Thomas Jefferson

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“England and all things English mean a very great deal to me but whenever I hear somebody appealing to my sense of patriotism I feel I’m being made to do something I don’t want to do.” – Alan Turing

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“Progress is not possible without deviation from the norm.” – Frank Zappa

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“An organization will fear and despise loyal vulnerability assessors and others who point out vulnerabilities or suggest security changes more than malicious adversaries.” – Roger G. Johnston

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“People and organizations can’t keep secrets.” – Roger G. Johnston

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“When a (non-security) senior manager, bureaucrat, or government official talks publicly about security, he or she will usually say something stupid, unrealistic, inaccurate, and/or naïve.” – Roger G. Johnston

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“The English are not usually given to patriotic boasting – indeed, both patriotism and boasting are regarded as unseemly, so the combination is doubly distasteful. But there is one significant exception to this rule, and that is the patriotic pride we take in our sense of humour, particularly our expert use of irony.” – Kate Fox

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“The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can [for me] change this.” – Albert Einstein

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“All Bibles are man-made.” – Thomas Edison

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There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life. – Atheist Campaign

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“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.” – Antoine De Saint-Exupery

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“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?” – Albert Einstein

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“National security has become much more of a political issue than it ever was in my day. Parties are tending to use it as a way of trying to get at the other side. You know, ‘We’re more tough on terrorism than you are.’ I think that’s a bad move, quite frankly.” – Stella Rimington, former head of MI5

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“Liberty is liberty. You can’t update it. You can’t divide it. You are either free, or you’re not. A society is either just, or it isn’t. People have rights or they don’t. The rule of law is upheld, or it isn’t.” – Henry Porter

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“All domination begins by prohibiting language.” – Roland Barthes