“I don’t own encryption, Apple doesn’t own encryption. Encryption, as you know, is everywhere. In fact some of encryption is funded by our government.”

America is always stronger when we do things together.

From an app point of view, if you looked at innovation on the PC, you’d be hard pressed to find companies innovating. The list is small.

In the world of cyber security, the last thing you want is to have a target painted on you.

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.

The government should always be the one defending civil liberties.

I’m a country boy at the end of the day. I’m going to pick up the phone and tell you I’m going to sue you.

Honestly, we’ll compete with everybody. I love competition. As long as people invent their own stuff, I love competition.

The iPad remains Apple’s second bestselling product – all the more reason why the iPad Pro needs to be “big” in every sense of the word.

We can’t take all of our energy and all of our care and finish the painting, then have someone else put their name on it.

The worst thing in the world that can happen to you if you’re an engineer that has given his life to something is for someone to rip it off and put their name to it.

I am confident our best years lie ahead of us and that together we will continue to make Apple the magical place that it is.

Somebody gets it home and they feel great when they pay the money, but then they get it home and use it and the joy is gone.

Open to everyone, regardless of where they come from, what they look like, how they worship or who they love.

Discrimination isn’t something that’s easy to oppose. It doesn’t always stare you in the face. It moves in the shadows. And sometimes it shrouds itself within the very laws meant to protect us.

I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn’t be intrusive.

We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day.

Without encryption, you and I wouldn’t be able to do our banking online.

My own view is that encryption is a much better, much better world. And I’m not the only person that thinks that.

We wouldn’t be able to buy things online, because your credit cards – they’ve probably been ripped off anyway, but they would be ripped off left and right every day if there wasn’t encryption.