I love my country. I love my family. And I have dedicated my life to both of them. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I've got more than enough for my needs [for social life in Moscow], let's put it that way. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Ever since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The people at the NSA aren't trying to ruin your life. They're not trying to put you in authoritarian dystopia. These are… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I think we're going to see a move away from that, because young people - digital natives who spend their life on… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We have got a CIA station just up the road - the consulate here in Hong Kong - and I am sure… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The internet has to be protected from intrusive monitoring or else the medium upon which we all rely for the basis of… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I came forward and sort burned of my life to the ground, and I can't go back… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What the NSA really wants is the capability of retrospective investigation. They want to have a perfect record of the last five… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One journalist said that everybody in Russia is miserable. Russia is a terrible place. And I'm going to end up miserable and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Do you check it when you travel, do you check it when you're just at home? They'd be able to tell something… — 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
![“I've got more than enough for my needs [for social life in Moscow], let's put it that way.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a23/edward-snowden-555_enough_i-ve-got-more-than-enough-for-my-needs-f_640847.jpg)
![“Ever since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/262/edward-snowden-555_consumed_ever-since-i-ve-been-here-in-russia-my-l_478405.jpg)
![“What the NSA really wants is the capability of retrospective investigation. They want to have a perfect record of the last five years of your life, so when you come to their attention, they can know everything about you. I'm not down with that, but [Bill] Binney was trying to create something like…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/da9/edward-snowden-555_attention_what-the-nsa-really-wants-is-the-capabil_920203.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)
