Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I would argue that security and liberty, security and privacy are not actually opposing. The only place those can be oppositional is… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I don't want to live in a world where there's no privacy, and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Everyone everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten — and they’re talking about it. They have the power to decide for… — 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
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
[Bill] Binney will argue with you all day about ThinThread, but his idea was that it would collect everything about everybody but… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Nobody needs to justify why they "need" a right: the burden of justification falls on the one seeking to infringe upon the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as a hero because what I'm doing is self-interested: I don't want to live in a world where… — 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
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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![“[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)
