The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The internet exchange is sort of the core points where all of the international cables come together, where all of the internet… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The only reason I do these interviews - I hate talking about myself, I hate doing this stuff - is because incredibly… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I wasn't trying to change the laws or slow down the machine. Maybe I should have. My critics say that I was… — 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
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
When people talk about Web 2.0, they mean that when the Internet, the World Wide Web, first became popular, it was one… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help… — 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
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
We reject techniques like torture regardless of whether they're effective or ineffective because they are barbaric and harmful on a broad scale.… — 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
People in both parties from the congressional intelligence committees - all these co-opted officials who play cheerleader for spy agencies - go… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We watch our own people more closely than anyone else in the world. — 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
Using the language of heroism, calling Daniel Ellsberg a hero, and calling the other people who made great sacrifices heroes - even… — 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
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
I would say the first key concept is that, in terms of technological and communication progress in human history, the Internet is… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
People do not like being lied to, and they do not like having their rights violated. So as soon as [officials] stop… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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
When the United States cannibalize dollars from the defensive business of the NSA, securing our communications, protecting our systems, patching zero-day vulnerabilities,… — 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
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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