When it comes to the internet, when it comes to the United States' technical economy, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth.
Edward SnowdenWe are a representative democracy. But how did we get there? We got there through direct action. And that's enshrined in our Constitution and in our values.
Edward SnowdenI don't think there's anything, any threat out there today that anyone can point to, that justifies placing an entire population under mass surveillance.
Edward SnowdenThere are times throughout history and it doesn't take long for either an American or a German, to think about times in the history of their country where the law provided the Government to do things which were not right.
Edward Snowden