“Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give to an American.”
― Edward Snowden
“These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.”
― Edward Snowden
"There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law."
― Edward Snowden
"I don't want to live in a world where everything that I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded."
― Edward Snowden
"We have to be able to reject disproportionate and unjustified responses in the cyber domain just as we do in the physical domain."
― Edward Snowden
"Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to need them."
― Edward Snowden
"Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped."
― Edward Snowden
"Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be."
― Edward Snowden
"If you’re not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren’t real."
― Edward Snowden
"I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light."
― Edward Snowden
"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."
― Edward Snowden
"I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act."
― Edward Snowden
"Privacy is a function of liberty."
― Edward Snowden
"What is right is not always the same as what is legal"
― Edward Snowden
"We are no longer citizens, we no longer have leaders. We're subjects, and we have rulers."
― Edward Snowden
“Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.”
― Edward Snowden
“Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”
― Edward Snowden
"There is nothing more grotesque than a media pushing for war"
― Edward Snowden