Communication Quote by Edward Snowden

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 surveillance. It's…

— Edward Snowden

The combination of the growth of these digital technologies, the ability of the government to conjure up these secret interpretations, plus a very unusual…

— Ron Wyden

It doesn't thrill me to bits that the state has to use the tools of electronic surveillance to keep us safe, but it seems…

— John Lanchester

There are people who are always going to try to engage in activity that is illegal and they're going to try to subvert surveillance.…

— Laura Poitras

“The ability to eavesdrop on people's communications vests immense power in those who do it. And unless such power is held in check by…

— Glenn Greenwald

I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill…

— Ron Paul

We accept that warrantless wiretapping may be necessary in extreme circumstances. We accept the added delays and inconvenience of increased airport security. And we…

— Mike Johnson

The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern…

— Jeffrey Toobin

This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying…

— Daniel Ellsberg

We have got to protect privacy rights. We have got to protect our God-given, constitutionally protected civil liberties, and we are not doing that…

— Paul Broun

Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard…

— Esther Dyson

I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have…

— John Poindexter