I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in… — Edward Snowden Justice Copy Share Image
When people say, "I have nothing to hide," what they're saying is, "My rights don't matter." — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I am not trying to bring down the NSA, I am working to improve the NSA. I am still working for the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We need to put the security back in the National Security Agency. We can't have the national surveillance agency. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The work of a generation is beginning here, with your hearings, and you have the full measure of my gratitude and support. — Edward Snowden Generations Copy Share Image
The US government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
People say that [i'm a celebrity], but I've only had to sign autographs for "civ-libs" types. And I autograph court orders. — Edward Snowden Autographs Copy Share Image
These activities can be misconstrued, misinterpreted, and used to harm you as an individual, even without the government having any intent to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
People do not like being lied to, and they do not like having their rights violated. So as soon as [officials] stop… — Edward Snowden Argument Copy Share Image
I don't care if I end up in jail or Guantánamo or whatever, kicked out of a plane with two gunshots in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The [George W.] Bush administration marked a very serious and profoundly negative turning point - not just for the nation, but for… — Edward Snowden Administration Copy Share Image
When we look at how, constitutionally, only Congress can declare war, and that is routinely ignored. Not NATO or the UN, but… — Edward Snowden Congress Copy Share Image
When we talk about the assertion of basically new government privileges with weak or no justification, we don't even have to look… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Getting inequality out there into the consciousness was important. All these political pundits now talking about the 2014 and 2016 elections are… — Edward Snowden Consciousness Copy Share Image
What has a great value to us as a nation is the internet itself. The internet is critical infrastructure to the United… — Edward Snowden Communication Copy Share Image
The internet has to be protected from intrusive monitoring or else the medium upon which we all rely for the basis of… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
[I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk… — Edward Snowden Amendments 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 Bombs Copy Share Image
It also comes down to parenting. It is important to know what your beliefs are, and that you have to stand up… — Edward Snowden Belief Copy Share Image
Being a patriot doesn’t mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country,… — Edward Snowden Adversaries Copy Share Image
When it comes to cyber warfare, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth. The technical sector is the… — Edward Snowden American economy Copy Share Image
A different [Ronald] Reagan-era authority: EO 12333, an executive order for foreign-intelligence collection, as opposed to the ones we now use domestically.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When the US government got word that I was planning to leave Russia to go to Latin America, they brought down the… — Edward Snowden America Copy Share Image
When we have some horrible terrorist attacks happen in some country we see in the recording that follows, that the intelligence community… — Edward Snowden Community 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 Community Copy Share Image
Imagine, if you will, you're sitting at my desk in Hawaii. You have access to the entire world, as far as you… — Edward Snowden Access Copy Share Image
For people who aren't familiar with my background, I didn't graduate high school. My career high salary was about $200,000. My last… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If you seek to help, join the open source community and fight to keep the spirit of the press alive and the… — Edward Snowden Alive 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 Country Copy Share Image
People would publish their websites; other people would read them. But there was no real back and forth other than through e-mail.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If the United States is promoting the development of exploits, of vulnerabilities, of insecurity in this critical infrastructure, and we're not fixing… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
US administration does not want me to return. People forget how I ended up in Russia. They waited until I departed Hong… — Edward Snowden Administration Copy Share Image
Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama… — Edward Snowden Administration Copy Share Image
Technology provides us means outside of governments to begin enforcing our rights, enforcing protection of civil liberties, regardless of law, through the… — Edward Snowden Civil liberties 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
The government would assert that individuals who are aware of serious wrongdoing in the intelligence community should bring their concerns to the… — Edward Snowden Community Copy Share Image
I saw things that reached a point that I could no longer conscientiously participate with them. And I simply do what I… — Edward Snowden Decision Copy Share Image
People in both parties from the congressional intelligence committees - all these co-opted officials who play cheerleader for spy agencies - go… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The internet exchange is sort of the core points where all of the international cables come together, where all of the internet… — Edward Snowden Access Copy Share Image
Defending ourselves from internet-based attacks, internet-originated attacks, is much, much more important than our ability to launch attacks against similar targets in… — Edward Snowden Ability Copy Share Image
![“People say that [i'm a celebrity], but I've only had to sign autographs for "civ-libs" types. And I autograph court orders.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/edward-snowden-555_autographs_people-say-that-i-m-a-celebrity-but-i-ve_1152089.jpg)
![“People do not like being lied to, and they do not like having their rights violated. So as soon as [officials] stop making arguments, you see support for me starts to rise.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/edward-snowden-555_argument_people-do-not-like-being-lied-to-and-the_2286163.jpg)
![“The [George W.] Bush administration marked a very serious and profoundly negative turning point - not just for the nation, but for the international order, because we started to govern on the idea of "might makes right." And that's a very old, toxic and infectious idea.” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/edward-snowden-555_administration_the-george-w-bush-administration-marked_1946512.jpg)
![“[I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk Empire - that's another period of government overreach, but at least they use the amendment process! In real life, the executive branch, by violating the Constitution, is using statutes…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/edward-snowden-555_amendments_i-watch-all-that-stuff-game-of-thrones-a_2916560.jpg)
![“A different [Ronald] Reagan-era authority: EO 12333, an executive order for foreign-intelligence collection, as opposed to the ones we now use domestically. So this one isn't even authorized by law. It's just an old-ass piece of paper with Reagan's signature on it, which has been updated a couple…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/edward-snowden-555_ass_a-different-ronald-reagan-era-authority_810954.jpg)
![“Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama on Guantánamo, the surveillance programs and investigating the crimes of the Bush administration. These were very serious campaign promises that…” quote by Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/edward-snowden-555_administration_candidates-run-for-election-on-campaign_737136.jpg)
