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Public Quotes by Edward Snowden
- The Iraq war that I signed up for was launched on false premises. The American people were misled. Now, whether that was due to bad…
- The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude…
- Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest.
- I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions, and that the return of this information to the public marks my end.
- I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a chance…
- I'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office, watching what's happening, and goes, 'This is something that's not our place…
- If the Obama administration responds with an even harsher hand against me, they can be assured that they'll soon find themselves facing an equally harsh…
- It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.
- In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless. No,…
- If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public
- They still have negligent auditing, they still have things going for a walk, and they have no idea where they're coming from and they have…
- We have seen enough criminality on the part of government. It is hypocritical to make this allegation against me. They have narrowed the public sphere…
- My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.
- I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts of documents that…
- I grew up with the understanding that the world I lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to communicate with each…
- All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left…
More Public Quotes
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.… — Neil Armstrong
- The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur
- Dare to risk public criticism. — Mary Kay Ash
- We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it… — Julian Assange
- Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin
- The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly… — Charles Babbage
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage
- Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on… — Jensen Ackles
- I am a woman with a calling for social struggle and public service. — Michelle Bachelet
- The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was… — Michelle Bachelet