I don't go out and play football and stuff - that's not me. I want to think, I want to build, I want to talk, I want to create.
Edward SnowdenI 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.
Edward SnowdenI saw things that reached a point that I could no longer conscientiously participate with them. And I simply do what I could to allow the public to make a better decision about whether or not these things should continue.
Edward SnowdenBathtub 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 SnowdenWhen people conceptualize a cyber-attack, they do tend to think about parts of the critical infrastructure like power plants, water supplies, and similar sort of heavy infrastructure, critical infrastructure areas. And they could be hit, as long as they're network connected, as long as they have some kind of systems that interact with them that could be manipulated from internet connection.
Edward Snowden