--- title: "8 Don-t-care Quotes By Edward Snowden" description: "8 Don-t-care quotes by Edward Snowden. Plus more from Edward Snowden and more Don-t-care sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/edward-snowden-555_agency_you-shouldn-t-change-your-behavior-becau_148466.jpg" --- > [You shouldn't change your behavior because a government agency somewhere is doing the wrong thing. If you sacrifice your values because you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/you-shouldn-t-change-your-behavior-because-a-government-agency/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/edward-snowden-555_agency_you-shouldn-t-change-your-behavior-becau_148466.jpg) > [I don't care if I end up in jail or Guantánamo or whatever, kicked out of a plane with two gunshots in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-don-t-care-if-i-end-up-in-jail-or-guant-namo-or-whatever-kicked-out/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/edward-snowden-555_believe_i-don-t-care-if-i-end-up-in-jail-or-guan_158471.jpg) > [Nobody needs to justify why they "need" a right: the burden of justification falls on the one seeking to infringe upon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/nobody-needs-to-justify-why-they-need-a-right-the-burden-of/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/edward-snowden-555_arguing_nobody-needs-to-justify-why-they-need-a_659696.jpg) > [Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/arguing-that-you-don-t-care-about-privacy-because-you-have-nothing-to/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/edward-snowden-555_arguing_arguing-that-you-don-t-care-about-privac_737050.jpg) > [My perspective is if you're not willing to be called a few names to help out your country, you don't care enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/my-perspective-is-if-you-re-not-willing-to-be-called-a-few-names-to/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/edward-snowden-555_care_my-perspective-is-if-you-re-not-willing_1199307.jpg) > [The New York Times and The Guardian came out and said, "Hey, clemency for Snowden." But for me, the key - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-new-york-times-and-the-guardian-came-out-and-said-hey-clemency/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/edward-snowden-555_care_the-new-york-times-and-the-guardian-came_1459106.jpg) > [When you say, ‘I have nothing to hide,’ you’re saying, ‘I don’t care about this right.’ You’re saying, ‘I don’t have this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-you-say-i-have-nothing-to-hide-you-re-saying-i-don-t-care-about/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/edward-snowden-555_care_when-you-say-i-have-nothing-to-hide-you_1544760.jpg) > [It's OK if we wiretap Osama bin Laden. I want to know what he's planning - obviously not him nowadays, but that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/it-s-ok-if-we-wiretap-osama-bin-laden-i-want-to-know-what-he-s/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/edward-snowden-555_bin-laden_it-s-ok-if-we-wiretap-osama-bin-laden-i_2378739.jpg) ## Other authors on Don-t-care ## More by Edward Snowden > [It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/it-is-afraid-of-an-informed-angry-public-demanding-the-constitutional/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [Much of what I saw in Geneva really disillusioned me about how my government functions and what its impact is in the world. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/much-of-what-i-saw-in-geneva-really-disillusioned-me-about-how-my/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/if-it-comes-to-a-question-of-law-the-charges-they-brought-against-me/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [The NSA and Israel wrote Stuxnet together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-nsa-and-israel-wrote-stuxnet-together/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [As a general rule, so long as you have any choice at all, you should never route through or peer with the UK under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/as-a-general-rule-so-long-as-you-have-any-choice-at-all-you-should/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [ \[Brazil\] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/brazil-went-to-the-un-and-said-we-need-new-standards-for-this-we-need/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy, but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/you-are-also-asked-to-take-an-oath-and-that-s-the-oath-of-service-the/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-need-to-think-about-encryption-not-as-this-sort-of-arcane-black/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/a-lot-of-people-in-2008-voted-for-obama-i-did-not-vote-for-him-i/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [Too often we forget that social and political movements don't happen overnight. They don't bring change immediately - you have to build a critical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/too-often-we-forget-that-social-and-political-movements-don-t-happen/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [ There was a real choice when \[Barack Obama\] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/there-was-a-real-choice-when-barack-obama-became-president-it-was-a/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [We've learned that we've allowed technological capabilities to dictate policies and practices, rather than ensuring that our laws and values guide our technological capabilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-ve-learned-that-we-ve-allowed-technological-capabilities-to/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [It's much easier, I think, to protect communications while they're in transit at least, than it is to enforce legislation in every country in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/it-s-much-easier-i-think-to-protect-communications-while-they-re-in/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [If an adversary didn't target our power plants but they did target the core routers, the backbones that tie our internet connections together, entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/if-an-adversary-didn-t-target-our-power-plants-but-they-did-target/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon or agree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-care-more-about-the-country-than-what-happens-to-me-but-we-can-t/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/don-t-care/edward-snowden/#itemlist", "name": "8 Don-t-care Quotes By Edward Snowden", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You shouldn't change your behavior because a government agency somewhere is doing the wrong thing. 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