--- title: "13 Talking Quotes By Edward Snowden" description: "13 Talking quotes by Edward Snowden. Plus more from Edward Snowden and more Talking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/edward-snowden-555_bad-thing_everyone-everywhere-now-understands-how_1380105.jpg" --- > [Everyone everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten — and they’re talking about it. They have the power to decide for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/everyone-everywhere-now-understands-how-bad-things-have-gotten-and/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/edward-snowden-555_bad-thing_everyone-everywhere-now-understands-how_1380105.jpg) > [Getting inequality out there into the consciousness was important. All these political pundits now talking about the 2014 and 2016 elections are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/getting-inequality-out-there-into-the-consciousness-was-important-all/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/edward-snowden-555_consciousness_getting-inequality-out-there-into-the-co_1397881.jpg) > [So when they say I'm a low-level systems administrator, that I don't know what I'm talking about, I'd say it's somewhat misleading,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/so-when-they-say-i-m-a-low-level-systems-administrator-that-i-don-t/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/edward-snowden-555_administrator_so-when-they-say-i-m-a-low-level-systems_2703979.jpg) > [When I talk about the polling, I'm talking about the principles. It shows these officials are knowingly attempting to shift public opinion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-i-talk-about-the-polling-i-m-talking-about-the-principles-it/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c19/edward-snowden-555_attempting_when-i-talk-about-the-polling-i-m-talkin_1674739.jpg) > [I don't want the stage. I'm terrified of giving these talking heads some distraction, some excuse to jeopardize, smear, and delegitimize a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-don-t-want-the-stage-i-m-terrified-of-giving-these-talking-heads/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/edward-snowden-555_distraction_i-don-t-want-the-stage-i-m-terrified-of_2597855.jpg) > [ I hate these questions - I don't like talking about this stuff \[popular culture\], because it's so... to me, it's so ordinary. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-hate-these-questions-i-don-t-like-talking-about-this-stuff-popular/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/edward-snowden-555_culture_i-hate-these-questions-i-don-t-like-talk_333496.jpg) > [I would say the first key concept is that, in terms of technological and communication progress in human history, the Internet is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-would-say-the-first-key-concept-is-that-in-terms-of-technological/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/edward-snowden-555_capability_i-would-say-the-first-key-concept-is-tha_2261846.jpg) > [Maybe boutique media, maybe people who are reading papers and talking to academics and whatnot, maybe they understand, because they're high-information. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/maybe-boutique-media-maybe-people-who-are-reading-papers-and-talking/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/edward-snowden-555_able_maybe-boutique-media-maybe-people-who-ar_3072314.jpg) > [ I wonder if it's conservative or liberal \[ inalienable rights idea\], because when we think of liberal thought, when we think about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-wonder-if-it-s-conservative-or-liberal-inalienable-rights-idea/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/edward-snowden-555_conservatism_i-wonder-if-it-s-conservative-or-liberal_2758608.jpg) > [When we talk about computer network exploitation, computer network attack, we're not just talking about your home PC. We're talking about your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-we-talk-about-computer-network-exploitation-computer-network/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/edward-snowden-555_attacking_when-we-talk-about-computer-network-expl_3120647.jpg) > [When people are talking about cyber weapons, digital weapons, what they really mean is a malicious program that's used for a military…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/when-people-are-talking-about-cyber-weapons-digital-weapons-what-they/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ab/edward-snowden-555_cyber_when-people-are-talking-about-cyber-weap_2457584.jpg) > [We don't like to use the phrase "state security" in the United States because it reminds us of all the bad regimes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-don-t-like-to-use-the-phrase-state-security-in-the-united-states/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/556/edward-snowden-555_business_we-don-t-like-to-use-the-phrase-state-se_1348092.jpg) > [The only reason I do these interviews - I hate talking about myself, I hate doing this stuff - is because incredibly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-only-reason-i-do-these-interviews-i-hate-talking-about-myself-i/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/edward-snowden-555_benefits_the-only-reason-i-do-these-interviews-i_1646965.jpg) ## Other authors on Talking ## More by Edward Snowden > [It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/it-is-afraid-of-an-informed-angry-public-demanding-the-constitutional/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [Much of what I saw in Geneva really disillusioned me about how my government functions and what its impact is in the world. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/much-of-what-i-saw-in-geneva-really-disillusioned-me-about-how-my/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/if-it-comes-to-a-question-of-law-the-charges-they-brought-against-me/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [The NSA and Israel wrote Stuxnet together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/the-nsa-and-israel-wrote-stuxnet-together/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [As a general rule, so long as you have any choice at all, you should never route through or peer with the UK under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/as-a-general-rule-so-long-as-you-have-any-choice-at-all-you-should/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [ \[Brazil\] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/brazil-went-to-the-un-and-said-we-need-new-standards-for-this-we-need/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/you-are-also-asked-to-take-an-oath-and-that-s-the-oath-of-service-the/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-need-to-think-about-encryption-not-as-this-sort-of-arcane-black/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/a-lot-of-people-in-2008-voted-for-obama-i-did-not-vote-for-him-i/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/too-often-we-forget-that-social-and-political-movements-don-t-happen/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [ There was a real choice when \[Barack Obama\] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/there-was-a-real-choice-when-barack-obama-became-president-it-was-a/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/we-ve-learned-that-we-ve-allowed-technological-capabilities-to/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/it-s-much-easier-i-think-to-protect-communications-while-they-re-in/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/if-an-adversary-didn-t-target-our-power-plants-but-they-did-target/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/i-care-more-about-the-country-than-what-happens-to-me-but-we-can-t/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talking/edward-snowden/#itemlist", "name": "13 Talking Quotes By Edward Snowden", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everyone everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten — and they’re talking about it. 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