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
Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The way the United States intelligence community operates is it doesn't limit itself to the protection of the homeland. It doesn't limit… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We have to decide why terrorism is a new threat. There has always been terrorism. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We're opening the doors to people launching missiles and dropping bombs by taking the human out of the decision chain for deciding… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Terrorism kills far fewer people than cigarettes, or alcohol, or car accidents. But we don't see ourselves restructuring society and lives in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When the police officers knock on your door with a warrant, they don't expect you to give them a tour. It's supposed… — 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
There are cyber threats out there, this is a dangerous world, and we have to be safe, we have to be secure… — 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
The great fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. [People] won't be… — 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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