I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Initially I was very encouraged. Unfortunately, the mainstream media now seems far more interested in what I said when I was 17… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The majority of terrorist attacks that have been disrupted in the United States have been disrupted due to things like the Time… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office, watching what's happening, and goes, 'This is something that's… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There are programs such as the NSA paying RSA $10 million to use an insecure encryption standard by default in their products.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Ending mass surveillance of private phone calls under the Patriot Act is a historic victory for the rights of every citizen. Yet… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
These [NSA] programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I considered bringing forward information about these surveillance programs prior to the election, but I held off because I believed that [Barack]… — 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's critical how we want to use these spy programs, these electronic capabilities, where we want to draw the line, and who… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
[Bill] Binney designed ThinThread, an NSA program that used encryption to try to make mass surveillance less objectionable. It would still have… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We've already seen, in practically every country around the world where these issues have been covered, that the general public has recoiled… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There's not much value to us attacking Chinese systems. We might take a few computers offline. We might take a factory offline.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Internet exchanges and internet service providers - international fiber optic landing points - these are the key tools that governments go after… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The chairs [in Congress] are part of the "Gang of Eight." They get briefed on every covert-action program and everything like that.… — 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
![“Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama on Guantánamo, the surveillance programs and investigating the crimes of the Bush administration. These were very serious campaign promises that…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/34b/edward-snowden-555_administration_candidates-run-for-election-on-campaign_737136.jpg)
![“These [NSA] programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/72d/edward-snowden-555_diplomatic_these-nsa-programs-were-never-about-terr_2162445.jpg)
![“I considered bringing forward information about these surveillance programs prior to the election, but I held off because I believed that [Barack] Obama was genuine when he said he was going to change things. I wanted to give the democratic process time to work.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/96b/edward-snowden-555_barack_i-considered-bringing-forward-informatio_2547361.jpg)
![“[Bill] Binney designed ThinThread, an NSA program that used encryption to try to make mass surveillance less objectionable. It would still have been unlawful and unconstitutional.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2b7/edward-snowden-555_bills_bill-binney-designed-thinthread-an-nsa-p_2078762.jpg)
![“The chairs [in Congress] are part of the "Gang of Eight." They get briefed on every covert-action program and everything like that. They know where all the bodies are buried. At the same time, they get far more campaign donations than anybody else from defense contractors, from intelligence…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ca/edward-snowden-555_action_the-chairs-in-congress-are-part-of-the-g_2259782.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)
