I don't think I have committed a crime outside the domain of the US. — 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
As for my personal politics, some people seem to think I'm some kind of archlibertarian, a hyper-conservative. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I don't go out and play football and stuff - that's not me. I want to think, I want to build, I… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
As for labeling someone a whistleblower, I think it does them - it does all of us - a disservice, because it… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If I had to guess what the future's going to look like for me - assuming it's not an orange jumpsuit in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There are times throughout history and it doesn't take long for either an American or a German, to think about times in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One of the kind of unexpectedly liberating things of becoming this global fugitive is the fact that you don't worry so much… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It's much easier, I think, to protect communications while they're in transit at least, than it is to enforce legislation in every… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When we think in the context of the last decade's infringements upon personal liberty and the last year's revelations, it's not about… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We are all today being monitored in advance and in criminal suspicion. And I think that's terrifying, and deeply illiberal as concept.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A given order may at any given time fail to represent those values, even work against those values. I think that's the… — 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
When people conceptualize a cyber-attack, they do tend to think about parts of the critical infrastructure like power plants, water supplies, and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I would say the first key concept is that, in terms of technological and communication progress in human history, the Internet is… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When you think about the abolition of slavery for example, for the ruling class with the rich white people owning plantations and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I think that's actually what's missing from government, for the most part. We've got a lot of policy people, but we have… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If even one country, an Iceland for example, defects from this global legislative bargain and says no, we're not going to enforcement… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
By creating a self-policing, self-reporting, sort of self-monitoring culture through law, through statute, and imposing that on the academic world, I think… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If I am traitor, who did I betray? I gave all my information to the American public, to American journalists who are… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There have been so many individuals who have really put a lot on the line. That they've sacrificed so much to try… — 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
I don't think it's going to be related to social or economic policies; it's going to be the fact that [Barack Obama]… — 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
I don't think there's anything, any threat out there today that anyone can point to, that justifies placing an entire population under… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I think we're going to see a move away from that, because young people - digital natives who spend their life on… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Cyber Command is supposed to be defending our critical infrastructure at home, but they are spending so much time looking at how… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I think the public still isn't aware of the frequency with which the cyber-attacks, as they're being called in the press, are… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Do we want to emulate China in the way that China emulates the West? I think, for most Americans, the answer to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I don't think political reform is likely to succeed. [Senators Tom] Udall and [Ron] Wyden, on the intelligence committee, have been sounding… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Where are we going to reject that easy but flawed process of letting the intelligence services do whatever they want? It's inevitable… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The new iPhone has encryption that protects the contents of the phone. This means if someone steals your phone - if a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician, and I do not think I am as effective in this way as people who actually prepare for… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I don't think it is the most important thing. I think it is the fact that the director of national intelligence gave… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I wonder if it's conservative or liberal [ inalienable rights idea], because when we think of liberal thought, when we think about… — 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
That's one of the biggest issues that we see in the question of governments right now, I think, in the Western world.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
That's the key - to maintain the garden of liberty, right? This is a generational thing that we must all do continuously.… — 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
![“I don't think it's going to be related to social or economic policies; it's going to be the fact that [Barack Obama] said let's go forward, not backward, in regard to the violations of law that occurred under the Bush administration.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aa4/edward-snowden-555_administration_i-don-t-think-it-s-going-to-be-related-t_2704672.jpg)
![“I don't think political reform is likely to succeed. [Senators Tom] Udall and [Ron] Wyden, on the intelligence committee, have been sounding the alarm, but they are a minority.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/05d/edward-snowden-555_alarms_i-don-t-think-political-reform-is-likely_821079.jpg)
![“I wonder if it's conservative or liberal [ inalienable rights idea], because when we think of liberal thought, when we think about the relation to liberty, we're talking about traditional conservatism - as opposed to today's conservatism, which no longer represents those views.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8c1/edward-snowden-555_conservatism_i-wonder-if-it-s-conservative-or-liberal_2758608.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)
