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
They still have negligent auditing, they still have things going for a walk, and they have no idea where they're coming from… — 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 Copy Share Image
The reality is if we sit back and allow a few officials behind closed doors to launch offensive attacks without any oversight… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If we can't have an open and honest debate about the value of ideas in a university in Glasgow, or Boston, or… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Radicals are not going to disappear. They're going to go underground. They're going to be hardened. And they're not going to be… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
[Bill] Binney will argue with you all day about ThinThread, but his idea was that it would collect everything about everybody but… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
By putting these sort of lines around what ideas are proper or improper, we lose things. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Every time you pick up the phone, dial a number, write an e-mail, make a purchase, travel on the bus carrying a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Let's put it this way. The United States government has assembled a massive investigation team into me personally, into my work with… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The [George W.] Bush administration marked a very serious and profoundly negative turning point - not just for the nation, but for… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What defines patriotism, for me, is the idea that one rises to act on behalf of one's country. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I wonder if it's conservative or liberal [ inalienable rights idea], because when we think of liberal thought, when we think about… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden 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 world. I… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — 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 UK under… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
[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… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There was a real choice when [Barack Obama] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
![“[Bill] Binney will argue with you all day about ThinThread, but his idea was that it would collect everything about everybody but be immediately encrypted so no one could read it. Only a court could give intelligence officials the key to decrypt it. The idea was to find a kind of a compromise…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/03f/edward-snowden-555_arguing_bill-binney-will-argue-with-you-all-day_1448117.jpg)
![“The [George W.] Bush administration marked a very serious and profoundly negative turning point - not just for the nation, but for the international order, because we started to govern on the idea of "might makes right." And that's a very old, toxic and infectious idea.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f75/edward-snowden-555_administration_the-george-w-bush-administration-marked_1946512.jpg)
![“I wonder if it's conservative or liberal [ inalienable rights idea], because when we think of liberal thought, when we think about the relation to liberty, we're talking about traditional conservatism - as opposed to today's conservatism, which no longer represents those views.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8c1/edward-snowden-555_conservatism_i-wonder-if-it-s-conservative-or-liberal_2758608.jpg)
![“[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 sovereignty."” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/af7/edward-snowden-555_brazil_brazil-went-to-the-un-and-said-we-need-n_14906.jpg)
![“There was a real choice when [Barack Obama] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold senior officials to account with the same laws that every other citizen in the country is held to," or "This is a nation that believes in the rule of law."” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/104/edward-snowden-555_accounts_there-was-a-real-choice-when-barack-obam_27838.jpg)
