I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions, and that the return of this information to the public… — Edward Snowden Action 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
We should never allow computers to make inherently governmental decisions in terms of the application of military force, even if that's happening… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The sad truth is that societies that demand whistleblowers be martyrs often find themselves without either, and always when it matters the… — Edward Snowden Demand Copy Share Image
US has to be able to rely on a safe and interconnected internet in order to compete with other countries. — 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
Are our competitors - for example, China, which is a deeply authoritarian nation - becoming more authoritarian or more liberal over time? — Edward Snowden Authoritarian 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 Change Copy Share Image
I talk to cryptographers, some of the leading technologists in the world, all the time about how we can deal with these… — Edward Snowden Back doors Copy Share Image
Bulk collection means all of your communications are being secretly intercepted. They are being stolen as they cross India, and they're being… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I considered bringing forward information about these surveillance programs prior to the election, but I held off because I believed that [Barack]… — 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 Conservatism 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… — 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
Americans hack everyone everywhere. We like to make a distinction between us and the others. But we are in almost every country… — Edward Snowden Americans Copy Share Image
I don't see myself as a hero because what I'm doing is self-interested: I don't want to live in a world where… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Do you check it when you travel, do you check it when you're just at home? They'd be able to tell something… — 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
People sometimes say I broke an oath of secrecy - one of the early charges leveled against me. But it's a fundamental… — Edward Snowden Agreement Copy Share Image
Microsoft is in a court battle with the Department of Justice. The DOJ is saying, "We want information from your data center… — 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 Action Copy Share Image
Something we have to remember is that everything about the internet is interconnected. All of our systems are not just common to… — Edward Snowden China Copy Share Image
The bare bones tools for a cyber-attack are to identify a vulnerability in the system you want to gain access to or… — Edward Snowden Access 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 Assassination Copy Share Image
We should know at least the broad strokes of the powers that the government's claiming in our name, and using allegedly, on… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Radicalism and extremism, while they are dangers, they exist in every society on some level. — Edward Snowden Danger Copy Share Image
We decentralise the ability to decide the level of publicity that's attached to any of our communications. — Edward Snowden Ability Copy Share Image
I describe myself as an indoor cat, because I'm a computer guy and I always have been. — Edward Snowden Cat Copy Share Image
The charges [government] brought against me, for example, explicitly denied my ability to make a public-interest defense. — Edward Snowden Ability Copy Share Image
I've got more than enough for my needs [for social life in Moscow], let's put it that way. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight. — 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
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
US spend more on research and development than the other countries, so we shouldn't be making the internet a more hostile, a… — 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 Conservative Copy Share Image
I'm familiar with Andrei Sakharov reputation, but I don't know his personal history at all. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We have these traditional political parties that are less and less responsive to the needs of ordinary people, so people are in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What the government wants is something they never had before. They want total awareness. The question is, is that something we should… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We have the right of revolution. Revolution does not always have to be weapons and warfare; it's also about revolutionary ideas. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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![“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/i/8c1/edward-snowden-555_conservatism_i-wonder-if-it-s-conservative-or-liberal_2758608.jpg)
![“The charges [government] brought against me, for example, explicitly denied my ability to make a public-interest defense.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/edward-snowden-555_ability_the-charges-government-brought-against-m_1443558.jpg)
![“I've got more than enough for my needs [for social life in Moscow], let's put it that way.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/edward-snowden-555_enough_i-ve-got-more-than-enough-for-my-needs-f_640847.jpg)
