I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I'm not a spy for Russia or China or any other country for that matter. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If we allow the United States to set the precedent that national borders don't matter when it comes to the protection of… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Every time we walk on to the field of battle and the field of battle is the internet, it doesn't matter if… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When people say, "I have nothing to hide," what they're saying is, "My rights don't matter." — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When it is made to appear as though not knowing everything about everyone is an existential crisis, then you feel that bending… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The sad truth is that societies that demand whistleblowers be martyrs often find themselves without either, and always when it matters the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
That's the key - to maintain the garden of liberty, right? This is a generational thing that we must all do continuously.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to need them. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There are cyber threats out there, this is a dangerous world, and we have to be safe, we have to be secure… — 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
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