You don't need to justify your rights as a citizen - that inverts the model of responsibility. The government must justify its intrusion into your rights. If you stop defending your rights by saying, "I don't need them in this context" or "I can't understand this," they are no longer rights.
Edward SnowdenThe question for us is not what new story will come out next. The question is, what are we going to do about it?
Edward SnowdenWhen it comes to cyber conflicts between, say, America and China or even a Middle Eastern nation, an African nation, a Latin American nation, a European nation, we have more to lose.
Edward SnowdenBecause, remember, I didn't want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.
Edward Snowden