"So when you destroy an individual's ability to communicate, you have really destroyed one of the most important aspects that we have as a species."

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

What it is, is our ability to communicate so we can form groups in communities and do much larger things than we could ever do as individual organisms."

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

"In the 21st century, expression and assembly are carried out on the Internet so we are going to continue to support those Iranians who wish to circumvent and be able to communicate without being blocked by their own government."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09