Edward Snowden Quotes & Sayings

“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 other in privacy, without it being monitored, without it being measured or analyzed or sort of judged by these shadowy figures or systems, any time they mention anything that travels across public lines.”

“I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.”

“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 there's no privacy and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity.”

“Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it.”

“The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards.”

“Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded.”

“There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.”

“The NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America.”

“I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.”

“The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law.”