I'm not a spy for Russia or China or any other country for that matter. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It's clear the CIA was trying to play 'keep away' with documents relevant to an investigation by their overseers in Congress, and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Someone responding to the story said 'real spies do not speak like that'. Well, I am a spy and that is how… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The question that we, as a society, have to ask is, are our collective rights worth a small relative advantage in our… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A political decision has been made not to irritate the intelligence community. The spy agencies are really embarrassed, they're really sore -… — 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
The United States has faced threats from criminal groups, from terrorists, from spies throughout our history, and we have limited our responses.… — 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
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