We have to be able to ask questions in order to answer them.

I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things.

I'm not a communist, a socialist or a radical. But these issues have to be addressed.

All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago.

I don't care if I end up in jail or Guantánamo or whatever, kicked out of a plane with two gunshots in the face. I did what I did because I believe it is the right thing to do, and I will continue to do that.

You can't come up against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk. If they want to get you, over time they will.

People in both parties from the congressional intelligence committees - all these co-opted officials who play cheerleader for spy agencies - go on these Sunday shows and they say: "Snowden was a traitor. He works against Americans. He works for the Chinese. Oh, wait, he left Hong Kong - he works for the Russians."