I don't think I have committed a crime outside the domain of the US. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Now terrorism is not the greatest threat facing our societies. — Edward Snowden Israel Copy Share Image
The power of the presidency is important, but it is not determinative. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
So many of the things we're told by the government simply aren't true. — Edward Snowden Government Copy Share Image
I do everything on the computer. TV is obsolete technology for me. — Edward Snowden Computer Copy Share Image
My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate. — Edward Snowden Court Copy Share Image
When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer. — Edward Snowden Engagement Copy Share Image
We have these traditional political parties that are less and less responsive to the needs of ordinary people, so people are in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What the government wants is something they never had before. They want total awareness. The question is, is that something we should… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We have the right of revolution. Revolution does not always have to be weapons and warfare; it's also about revolutionary ideas. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We are a representative democracy. But how did we get there? We got there through direct action. And that's enshrined in our… — Edward Snowden Action Copy Share Image
The FBI was creating a world where citizens rely on Apple to defend their rights, rather than the other way around. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be. — Edward Snowden Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
The sad truth is that societies that demand whistleblowers be martyrs often find themselves without either, and always when it matters the… — Edward Snowden Demand Copy Share Image
America should be cooling down the tensions in the internet, making it a more trusted environment, making it a more secure environment,… — Edward Snowden America Copy Share Image
It's much easier, I think, to protect communications while they're in transit at least, than it is to enforce legislation in every… — Edward Snowden Communication Copy Share Image
From the very beginning, I said there are two tracks of reform: there's the political and the technical. I don't believe the… — Edward Snowden Abstract Copy Share Image
The [Barack] Obama administration almost appears as though it is afraid of the intelligence community. They're afraid of death by a thousand… — Edward Snowden Administration Copy Share Image
One of the foremost activities of the NSA's FAD, or Foreign Affairs Division, is to pressure or incentivize EU member states to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Ending mass surveillance of private phone calls under the Patriot Act is a historic victory for the rights of every citizen. Yet… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You are not even aware of what is possible. The extent of their capabilities is horrifying. We can plant bugs in machines.… — Edward Snowden Bugs Copy Share Image
The United States need to put internet processes, policies, and procedures in place with real laws that forbid going beyond the borders… — Edward Snowden Around the world Copy Share Image
Maybe boutique media, maybe people who are reading papers and talking to academics and whatnot, maybe they understand, because they're high-information. But… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
All those people who went out [to Occupy Wall Street] missed work, didn't get paid. Those were individuals who were already feeling… — Edward Snowden Attention Copy Share Image
When Laura Poitras asked me if she could film our encounters, I was extremely reluctant. I'm grateful that I allowed her to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The United States has faced threats from criminal groups, from terrorists, from spies throughout our history, and we have limited our responses.… — Edward Snowden Around the world Copy Share Image
Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but… — Edward Snowden Abuse Copy Share Image
I've been recognized every now and then. It's always in computer stores. It's something like brain associations, because I'll be in the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One concern I had while I was working actively in the intelligence community - being someone who had broad access, who was… — Edward Snowden Access Copy Share Image
When we look at the full-on mass surveillance watching everyone in the country, in the United States, it doesn't work. It didn't… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I have no relationship with the Russian government at all. — Edward Snowden Government Copy Share Image
I'm not an anarchist. I'm not saying, "Burn it to the ground." — Edward Snowden Anarchist Copy Share Image
I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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