Ending mass surveillance of private phone calls under the Patriot Act is a historic victory for the rights of every citizen. Yet while we have reformed this one program, many others remain.
Edward SnowdenI do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.
Edward SnowdenFrom the very beginning, I said there are two tracks of reform: there's the political and the technical. I don't believe the political will be successful, for exactly the reasons you underlined. The issue is too abstract for average people, who have too many things going on in their lives.
Edward Snowden