Because, remember, I didn't want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.
Edward SnowdenI'm not a communist, a socialist or a radical. But these issues have to be addressed.
Edward SnowdenIn the United States, there hasn't been much legislative change on the surveillance issue, although there are some tepid proposals.
Edward SnowdenWe need the security standards to apply to the internet. We need to be able to trust that when we send our emails through Verizon, that Verizon isn't sharing with the NSA, that Verizon isn't sharing them with the FBI or German intelligence or French intelligence or Russian intelligence or Chinese intelligence.
Edward Snowden