Knows Quotes by Edward Snowden

So when they say I'm a low-level systems administrator, that I don't know what I'm talking about, I'd say it's somewhat misleading,

— Edward Snowden

Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to need them.

— Edward Snowden

I'm familiar with Andrei Sakharov reputation, but I don't know his personal history at all.

— Edward Snowden

I know that fundamentally, changes to the fabric of the internet, and sort of our methods of communication, can enforce our rights.

— Edward Snowden

I'm ultimately satisfied that we know a little bit more about how the world really works.

— Edward Snowden

I know the media likes to personalize political debates, and I know the government will demonize me.

— Edward Snowden

I have used mass surveillance to target people, so I do know how it works.

— Edward Snowden

A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. They'll never know what it means to have…

— Edward Snowden

I'm not a movie guy. I don't know all this stuff that comes with celebrity. I don't know who the actors will…

— Edward Snowden

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

We should know at least the broad strokes of the powers that the government's claiming in our name, and using allegedly, on…

— Edward Snowden

When the lights go out at a power plant sometime in the future, we're going to know that that's a consequence of…

— Edward Snowden

When I talk about the polling, I'm talking about the principles. It shows these officials are knowingly attempting to shift public opinion,…

— Edward Snowden

The public needs to know the kinds of things a government does in its name, or the 'consent of the governed' is…

— Edward Snowden

In the United States the White House has appointed two different independent panels who had full access to classified information for the…

— Edward Snowden

It's OK if we wiretap Osama bin Laden. I want to know what he's planning - obviously not him nowadays, but that…

— Edward Snowden

When I was working in Japan, I created a system for ensuring that intelligence data was globally recoverable in the event of…

— Edward Snowden

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

The chairs [in Congress] are part of the "Gang of Eight." They get briefed on every covert-action program and everything like that.…

— Edward Snowden

When we have some horrible terrorist attacks happen in some country we see in the recording that follows, that the intelligence community…

— Edward Snowden

What the NSA really wants is the capability of retrospective investigation. They want to have a perfect record of the last five…

— Edward Snowden

It also comes down to parenting. It is important to know what your beliefs are, and that you have to stand up…

— Edward Snowden