The definition of a security state is one that prioritizes security over all other considerations. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When it comes to the internet, when it comes to the United States' technical economy, we have more to lose than any… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If we simply follow the rules that a state imposes upon us when that state is acting contrary to the public interest,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The internet is shared critical infrastructure for everyone on earth. It's not supposed to be a domain of warfare. We're not supposed… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If a single Russian source would come forward, he would be in hot water. And in the United States, what I did… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable… — 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
One of the foremost activities of the NSA's FAD, or Foreign Affairs Division, is to pressure or incentivize EU member states to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When the United States cannibalize dollars from the defensive business of the NSA, securing our communications, protecting our systems, patching zero-day vulnerabilities,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One of the reasons that I came forward and sort burned of my life to the ground, and I can't go back… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The state says: "Well, in order for it to be legitimate civil disobedience, you have to follow these rules." They put us… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that whenever we're engaging in a cyber-warfare campaign, a cyber-espionage campaign in the United States, that we… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The United States is more reliant on the technical systems. We're more reliant on the critical infrastructure of the internet than any… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If we allow the United States to set the precedent that national borders don't matter when it comes to the protection of… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The United States need to be focusing more on creating a more secure, more reliable, more robust, and more trusted internet, not… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We don't like to use the phrase "state security" in the United States because it reminds us of all the bad regimes.… — 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
We're now more than a year since my NSA revelations, and despite numerous hours of testimony before Congress, despite tons of off-the-record… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
In the United States the White House has appointed two different independent panels who had full access to classified information for the… — 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… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Using the language of heroism, calling Daniel Ellsberg a hero, and calling the other people who made great sacrifices heroes - even… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When we look at the full-on mass surveillance watching everyone in the country, in the United States, it doesn't work. It didn't… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
In the United States, there hasn't been much legislative change on the surveillance issue, although there are some tepid proposals. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What has a great value to us as a nation is the internet itself. The internet is critical infrastructure to the United… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
No one would argue that it's in the United States' interest to have independent knowledge of the plans and intentions of foreign… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The problem is when [the state] monitor all of us, en masse, all of the time, without any specific justification for intercepting… — 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
There's no question that the US is engaged in economic spying. If there's information at Siemens that they think would be beneficial… — 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
The authoritarian one believed that an individual's rights were basically provided by governments and were determined by states. The other society -… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One of the saddest and most damaging legacies of the [George W.] Bush administration is the increased assertion of the "state secrets"… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We have a media that goes along with the government by parroting phrases intended to provoke a certain emotional response - for… — 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
Look at the reactions of liberal governments to the surveillance revelations during the last years. In the United States, we've got this… — 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
The United States need to put internet processes, policies, and procedures in place with real laws that forbid going beyond the borders… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If an adversary didn't target our power plants but they did target the core routers, the backbones that tie our internet connections… — 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
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
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
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
[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
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
We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection. — Edward Snowden Copy Share
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
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
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
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
It's much easier, I think, to protect communications while they're in transit at least, than it is to enforce legislation in every country in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
If an adversary didn't target our power plants but they did target the core routers, the backbones that tie our internet connections together, entire… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon or agree… — Edward Snowden Copy Share
![“If a single Russian source would come forward, he would be in hot water. And in the United States, what I did appearing at that [Vladimir] Putin press conference was not worth the price.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/edward-snowden-555_appearing_if-a-single-russian-source-would-come-fo_2584123.jpg)
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