You have to remember the way the internet works, when you communicate with the server, it's very likely not in your country. It's somewhere else in the world.
Edward SnowdenNobody's going to vote for terrorism. So our governments don't have that sort of political pressure to act in a responsible manner when it comes to stewardship of our rights.
Edward SnowdenWe have the means and we have the technology to end mass surveillance without any legislative action at all, without any policy changes.
Edward SnowdenThere have been so many individuals who have really put a lot on the line. That they've sacrificed so much to try to protect the principle of source protection in the journalism world. And I think Julian Assange, and WikiLeaks, and Sarah Harrison have really been extraordinary in standing up for that.
Edward Snowden