If we simply follow the rules that a state imposes upon us when that state is acting contrary to the public interest,… — Edward Snowden Acting Copy Share Image
It is interesting that so many people who become disenchanted, who protest against their own organizations, are people who contributed something to… — Edward Snowden Disenchanted Copy Share Image
There is more action in some other countries. In Germany, they've called for a very serious inquiry that's discovering more and more.… — Edward Snowden Action Copy Share Image
The public needs to know the kinds of things a government does in its name, or the 'consent of the governed' is… — Edward Snowden Consent Copy Share Image
Russia recently passed a law - I think a terrible law - which says you have to store all of the data… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
As a general rule, so long as you have any choice at all, you should never route through or peer with the… — Edward Snowden Boys Copy Share Image
I don't think it's going to be related to social or economic policies; it's going to be the fact that [Barack Obama]… — Edward Snowden Administration Copy Share Image
I grew up with the understanding that the world I lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If you begin acting contrary to the public's interest, and there is no alternative governmental model, with which you're willing to engage,… — Edward Snowden Acting Copy Share Image
Richard Nixon got kicked out of Washington for tapping one hotel suite. Today we're tapping every American citizen in the country, and… — Edward Snowden American citizen Copy Share Image
Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The most important thing to the United States is not being able to attack our adversaries, the most important thing is to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
All this is a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing because it helps people establish what they value; they understand the… — Edward Snowden Blessing Copy Share Image
Congress hasn't declared war on the countries - the majority of them are our allies - but without asking for public permission,… — Edward Snowden Access Copy Share Image
Acting Government officials, they said they wanted - they would be happy, they would love to put a bullet in my head,… — Edward Snowden Acting Copy Share Image
We have to call mass surveillance mass surveillance. We can't let governments around the world redefine, and sort of weasel their way… — Edward Snowden Around the world Copy Share Image
Anyway, it's not true that the authorities cannot access the content of the phone even if there is no back door. When… — Edward Snowden Access Copy Share Image
I talk to people in the ACLU office in New York all the time. I'm able to participate in the debate and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The authoritarian one believed that an individual's rights were basically provided by governments and were determined by states. The other society -… — Edward Snowden Authoritarian Copy Share Image
I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts… — Edward Snowden Big impact Copy Share Image
The courts were afraid to challenge executive declarations of what would happen. Now, over the last year, we have seen - in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Until we reform our laws and until we fix the excesses of these old policies that we inherited in the post-9/11 era,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There is a policy response that needs to occur. There is also a technical response that needs to occur. It is the… — Edward Snowden Community Copy Share Image
The internet is shared critical infrastructure for everyone on earth. It's not supposed to be a domain of warfare. We're not supposed… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It's critical how we want to use these spy programs, these electronic capabilities, where we want to draw the line, and who… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What we're really debating is not security versus liberty, it's security versus surveillance. When we talk about electronic interception, the way that… — Edward Snowden Communication Copy Share Image
We have to recognise that rights are being violated. The United Nations actually filed a report that found that that was the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It's interesting that you mention [Andrei] Sakharov's creative axis - he had produced something for the government that he then realized was… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It's fascinating to see how things have changed. Basically, every time the US government gets off the soapbox of the Sunday-morning talk… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Nobody's going to vote for terrorism. So our governments don't have that sort of political pressure to act in a responsible manner… — Edward Snowden Government Copy Share Image
The surveillance revelations are critically important because they revealed that our rights are being redefined in secret, by secret courts that were… — Edward Snowden Awareness Copy Share Image
There are even a few [people] who still honestly believe I sold information to [Vladimir] Putin - like personally, in exchange for… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There's no question that the US is engaged in economic spying. If there's information at Siemens that they think would be beneficial… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as a check to power - the journalistic… — Edward Snowden America Copy Share Image
The government doesn't want us to know what they're doing, how they're interpreting the law, how they're interpreting and redefining their powers,… — Edward Snowden Boundaries Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I came forward and sort burned of my life to the ground, and I can't go back… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
On the other hand, the Internet is there to fill needs that people have for information and socialization. We get this sort… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts,… — Edward Snowden Court Copy Share Image
Much of what I saw in Geneva really disillusioned me about how my government functions and what its impact is in the… — Edward Snowden Disillusioned Copy Share Image
You can show a guy sort of peeking over the wall, you can see a guy tunneling underneath, you can see a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
![“I don't think it's going to be related to social or economic policies; it's going to be the fact that [Barack Obama] said let's go forward, not backward, in regard to the violations of law that occurred under the Bush administration.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/aa4/edward-snowden-555_administration_i-don-t-think-it-s-going-to-be-related-t_2704672.jpg)
![“It's interesting that you mention [Andrei] Sakharov's creative axis - he had produced something for the government that he then realized was something other than he intended. That's something [NSA whistleblower] Bill Binney and I share.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/86d/edward-snowden-555_axes_it-s-interesting-that-you-mention-andrei_2123410.jpg)
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