American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it. — Glenn Greenwald Culture Copy Share Image
It's so much easier to debate people when you can pretend that they hold moronic position that they don't actually believe. — Glenn Greenwald Believe Copy Share Image
“the true measure of a society’s freedom is how it treats its dissidents and other marginalized groups, not how it treats good… — Glenn Greenwald Freedom Copy Share Image
“Equally nonsensical was the notion that Snowden would try to save himself by giving away surveillance secrets. He had dismantled his life… — Glenn Greenwald Life And Risk Copy Share Image
“Objectivity” means nothing more than reflecting the biases and serving the interests of entrenched Washington. Opinions are problematic only when they deviate… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“The lesson for me was clear: national security officials do not like the light. They act abusively and thuggishly only when they… — Glenn Greenwald Abuse of power Copy Share Image
“What keeps a person passive and compliant,” he explained, “is fear of repercussions, but once you let go of your attachment to… — Glenn Greenwald Fear Copy Share Image
“The many pro-surveillance advocates I have debated since Snowden blew the whistle have been quick to echo Eric Schmidt’s view that privacy… — Glenn Greenwald Accounts Copy Share Image
“Contrary to the accepted premise—that radical dissent demonstrates a personality disorder—the opposite could be true: in the face of severe injustice, a… — Glenn Greenwald Justice Copy Share Image
Whatever one thinks of the justifiability of drone attacks, it's one of the least 'brave' or courageous modes of warfare ever invented.… — Glenn Greenwald Attacks Copy Share Image
“And in every instance, the motive is the same: suppressing dissent and mandating compliance.” — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“Every time I do an interview people ask similar questions, such as "What is the most significant story that you have revealed?"… — Glenn Greenwald American politics Copy Share Image
Long before, and fully independent of, anything Congress did, President Obama made clear that he was going to preserve the indefinite detention… — Glenn Greenwald Anything Copy Share Image
The genius of America's endless war machine is that, learning from the unpleasantness of the Vietnam war protests, it has rendered the… — Glenn Greenwald America Copy Share Image
I've always said that my favorite aspect of online political writing is how interactive and collaborative it is with one's readers: that… — Glenn Greenwald Always Copy Share Image
“I realized,” he said, “that they were building a system whose goal was the elimination of all privacy, globally. To make it… — Glenn Greenwald Communication Copy Share Image
History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to… — Glenn Greenwald Citizenry Copy Share Image
No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the country’s dissidents and… — Glenn Greenwald Apathetic Copy Share Image
“It is true that surveillance can at times promote what some may consider desirable behavior. One study found that rowdiness in Swedish… — Glenn Greenwald Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can… — Glenn Greenwald Country Copy Share Image
“Radical expansions of power are often introduced in this way, by persuading people that they affect just a specific, discrete group. Governments… — Glenn Greenwald Blind eye Copy Share Image
If establishment journalists were to replicate actual stenography, it would be an improvement on most of the work they produce. — Glenn Greenwald Actual Copy Share Image
“This is a deal that invites passivity, obedience, and conformity. The safest course, the way to ensure being “left alone,” is to… — Glenn Greenwald Left alone Copy Share Image
The Obama administration leaks classified information continuously. They do it to glorify the President, or manipulate public opinion, or even to help… — Glenn Greenwald About Copy Share Image
