I'm not a spy for Russia or China or any other country for that matter. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
US administration does not want me to return. People forget how I ended up in Russia. They waited until I departed Hong… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Ever since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One journalist said that everybody in Russia is miserable. Russia is a terrible place. And I'm going to end up miserable and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Russia recently passed a law - I think a terrible law - which says you have to store all of the data… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
My government revoked my passport intentionally to leave me exiled. If they really wanted to capture me, they would've allowed me to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When the US government got word that I was planning to leave Russia to go to Latin America, they brought down the… — 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
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
![“Ever since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/262/edward-snowden-555_consumed_ever-since-i-ve-been-here-in-russia-my-l_478405.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)
