All the governments just want to have more power when it comes to economic espionage, diplomatic manipulation and political influence.
Edward SnowdenThere are cyber threats out there, this is a dangerous world, and we have to be safe, we have to be secure no matter the cost.
Edward SnowdenBy putting these sort of lines around what ideas are proper or improper, we lose things.
Edward SnowdenYou are not even aware of what is possible. The extent of their capabilities is horrifying. We can plant bugs in machines. Once you go on the network, I can identify your machine. You will never be safe whatever protections you put in place.
Edward SnowdenUS administration does not want me to return. People forget how I ended up in Russia. They waited until I departed Hong Kong to cancel my passport in order to trap me in Russia, because it's the most effective attack they have against me, given the political climate in the United States.
Edward SnowdenIf you begin acting contrary to the public's interest, and there is no alternative governmental model, with which you're willing to engage, we, the people, will have to put forth our own extra governmental models and methods of trying to restore the balance of liberty to the liberal tradition of Western society.
Edward Snowden