The issue is we're losing leverage. Governments are increasingly getting more power and we are increasingly losing our ability to control that power, and even to be aware of that power.
Edward SnowdenAll 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.
Edward SnowdenWhat defines patriotism, for me, is the idea that one rises to act on behalf of one's country.
Edward SnowdenI talk to people in the ACLU office in New York all the time. I'm able to participate in the debate and to campaign for reform. I'm just the first to come forward in the manner that I did and succeed.
Edward Snowden