I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
As inequality grows, the basic bonds of social fraternity are fraying - as we discussed in regard to Occupy Wall Street. As… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American, and the more panicked talk we… — 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
I talk to people in the ACLU office in New York all the time. I'm able to participate in the debate and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Increasingly we're seeing these ultra-partisan sites getting larger and larger readerships because people are self-selecting themselves into communities. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It is interesting that so many people who become disenchanted, who protest against their own organizations, are people who contributed something to… — 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
When Laura Poitras asked me if she could film our encounters, I was extremely reluctant. I'm grateful that I allowed her to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Maybe boutique media, maybe people who are reading papers and talking to academics and whatnot, maybe they understand, because they're high-information. But… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When you think about the abolition of slavery for example, for the ruling class with the rich white people owning plantations and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
From the very beginning, I said there are two tracks of reform: there's the political and the technical. I don't believe the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
People sometimes say I broke an oath of secrecy - one of the early charges leveled against me. But it's a fundamental… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We don't have a great clash of civilizations, a clash of ideologies, a clash of alternative models, where governments thought to themselves,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Most of the secrets the CIA has are about people, not machines and systems, so I didn't feel comfortable with disclosures that… — 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… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
People have to be free to investigate computer security. People have to be free to look for the vulnerabilities and create proof… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
America is a fundamentally good country. We have good people with good values who want to do the right thing. But the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Terrorism kills far fewer people than cigarettes, or alcohol, or car accidents. But we don't see ourselves restructuring society and lives in… — 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
On the other hand, the Internet is there to fill needs that people have for information and socialization. We get this sort… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I think that's actually what's missing from government, for the most part. We've got a lot of policy people, but we have… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If I am traitor, who did I betray? I gave all my information to the American public, to American journalists who are… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One of the saddest and most damaging legacies of the [George W.] Bush administration is the increased assertion of the "state secrets"… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The Iraq war that I signed up for was launched on false premises. The American people were misled. Now, whether that was… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician, and I do not think I am as effective in this way as people who actually prepare for… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There are even a few [people] who still honestly believe I sold information to [Vladimir] Putin - like personally, in exchange for… — 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
We're opening the doors to people launching missiles and dropping bombs by taking the human out of the decision chain for deciding… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Congress hasn't declared war on the countries - the majority of them are our allies - but without asking for public permission,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If you begin acting contrary to the public's interest, and there is no alternative governmental model, with which you're willing to engage,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
No one would argue that it's in the United States' interest to have independent knowledge of the plans and intentions of foreign… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I grew up with the understanding that the world I lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
That's one of the biggest issues that we see in the question of governments right now, I think, in the Western world.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When people are talking about cyber weapons, digital weapons, what they really mean is a malicious program that's used for a military… — 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
I believe that when [senator Ron] Wyden and [senator Mark] Udall asked about the scale of this, they [the NSA] said it… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It's important to remember when you start doing things like attacking hospitals through the internet, when you start attacking things like internet… — 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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![“I believe that when [senator Ron] Wyden and [senator Mark] Udall asked about the scale of this, they [the NSA] said it did not have the tools to provide an answer. We do have the tools and I have maps showing where people have been scrutinised most. We collect more digital communications from…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/549/edward-snowden-555_america_i-believe-that-when-senator-ron-wyden-an_201712.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)
