Presidents should not be exempted from the same standards of reason and evidence and justification that any other citizen or civil movement… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We can still publicly post a message to Facebook that's globally readable. But we could also adjust things so that they can… — 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… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The most important thing to the United States is not being able to attack our adversaries, the most important thing is to… — 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
People sometimes say I broke an oath of secrecy - one of the early charges leveled against me. But it's a fundamental… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What we need to do is we need to create new international standards of behavior - not just national laws, because this… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When it comes to cyber warfare, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth. The technical sector is the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We need the security standards to apply to the internet. We need to be able to trust that when we send our… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I think it's reasonable that the government, when it has a warrant from a court, when it's exposed to scrutiny by a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Technology provides us means outside of governments to begin enforcing our rights, enforcing protection of civil liberties, regardless of law, through the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Sometimes that irrational commitment to principle is what society needs to survive. Whenever you talk about radicalism, whenever you talk about activism,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Many of our ally states don't have these constitutional protections - in the UK, in New Zealand, in Australia. They've lost the… — 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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