Way Quotes by Edward Snowden

I have a somewhat sneaky way of effecting political change.

— Edward Snowden

The only way I could be extradited is through the principle of what my lawyers call "politics trumps law."

— Edward Snowden

I've got more than enough for my needs [for social life in Moscow], let's put it that way.

— Edward Snowden

The FBI was creating a world where citizens rely on Apple to defend their rights, rather than the other way around.

— Edward Snowden

We have to confront the reality of our world, and make the hard decisions about which way we want to move forward.

— Edward Snowden

In liberal societies we don't typically require citizens to rearrange their activities, their lives, the way they go about their business, to…

— Edward Snowden

I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable…

— Edward Snowden

Going all the way back to Daniel Ellsberg, it is clear that the government is not concerned with damage to national security,…

— Edward Snowden

There's a real danger in the way our representative government functions today. It functions properly only when paired with accountability.

— Edward Snowden

Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is…

— Edward Snowden

Has the center of gravity shifted such that all governments have greater powers and fewer restrictions than they ever had, and are…

— Edward Snowden

Do we want to emulate China in the way that China emulates the West? I think, for most Americans, the answer to…

— Edward Snowden

We have to call mass surveillance mass surveillance. We can't let governments around the world redefine, and sort of weasel their way…

— Edward Snowden

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

Let's put it this way. The United States government has assembled a massive investigation team into me personally, into my work with…

— Edward Snowden

All those people who went out [to Occupy Wall Street] missed work, didn't get paid. Those were individuals who were already feeling…

— Edward Snowden

When you say, ‘I have nothing to hide,’ you’re saying, ‘I don’t care about this right.’ You’re saying, ‘I don’t have this…

— Edward Snowden

As a technologist, I see the trends, and I see that automation inevitably is going to mean fewer and fewer jobs. And…

— Edward Snowden

The state says: "Well, in order for it to be legitimate civil disobedience, you have to follow these rules." They put us…

— Edward Snowden

What we're really debating is not security versus liberty, it's security versus surveillance. When we talk about electronic interception, the way that…

— Edward Snowden

By leaning on companies, by leaning on infrastructure providers, by leaning on researchers, graduate students, post-docs, even undergrads, to look at the…

— Edward Snowden

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

To do that they, the NSA specifically, targets the communications of everyone. It ingests them by default. It collects them in its…

— Edward Snowden

You have to remember the way the internet works, when you communicate with the server, it's very likely not in your country.…

— Edward Snowden

When people talk about Web 2.0, they mean that when the Internet, the World Wide Web, first became popular, it was one…

— Edward Snowden