If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
These activities can be misconstrued, misinterpreted, and used to harm you as an individual, even without the government having any intent to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Imagine, if you will, you're sitting at my desk in Hawaii. You have access to the entire world, as far as you… — Edward Snowden 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
The authoritarian one believed that an individual's rights were basically provided by governments and were determined by states. The other society -… — Edward Snowden 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
When the police officers knock on your door with a warrant, they don't expect you to give them a tour. It's supposed… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Governments cannot require individuals, they cannot require the public as a body, and they cannot require corporations to make investigation and law… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There have been so many individuals who have really put a lot on the line. That they've sacrificed so much to try… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Internet exchanges and internet service providers - international fiber optic landing points - these are the key tools that governments go after… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The government would assert that individuals who are aware of serious wrongdoing in the intelligence community should bring their concerns to the… — 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 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 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
![“All those people who went out [to Occupy Wall Street] missed work, didn't get paid. Those were individuals who were already feeling the effects of inequality, so they didn't have a lot to lose. And then the individuals who were louder, more disruptive and, in many ways, more effective at drawing…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b9f/edward-snowden-555_attention_all-those-people-who-went-out-to-occupy_3100958.jpg)
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