I regret I didn't come forward sooner, because the longer you wait with programs like this, the more deeply entrenched they become, i have paid a price but I feel comfortable with the decisions that I have made. If I'm gone tomorrow, I'm happy with what I had. I feel blessed.

Edward Snowden

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Everyone everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten — and they’re talking about it. They have the power to decide for themselves whether they are willing to sacrifice their privacy to the surveillance state.

Edward Snowden
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Sometimes that irrational commitment to principle is what society needs to survive. Whenever you talk about radicalism, whenever you talk about activism, whenever you talk about progressive activity, that sort of moves the measure of liberty in human society forward, makes us all enjoy a better standard of liberty, it typically starts out criminal. It typically starts out a little bit shaky, and rather radical. And that's irrational to put yourself up to do that.

Edward Snowden
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The 'music' is not an open court and a fair trial. by Edward Snowden

The 'music' is not an open court and a fair trial.

Edward Snowden
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Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively a... by Edward Snowden

Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.

Edward Snowden
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There is a policy response that needs to occur. There is also a technical response that needs to occur. It is the development community that can really craft the solutions and make sure we are safe.

Edward Snowden
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There have been so many individuals who have really put a lot on the line. That they've sacrificed so much to try to protect the principle of source protection in the journalism world. And I think Julian Assange, and WikiLeaks, and Sarah Harrison have really been extraordinary in standing up for that.

Edward Snowden
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If you seek to help, join the open source community and fight to keep the spirit of the press alive and the internet free. I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light.

Edward Snowden
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The greatest fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change.

Edward Snowden
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As a general rule, so long as you have any choice at all, you should never route through or peer with the UK under any circumstances. Their fibers are radioactive, and even the Queen's selfies to the pool boy get logged.

Edward Snowden
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Radicals are not going to disappear. They're going to go underground. They're going to be hardened. And they're not going to be exposed to contrary ideas made by educated people who can make real, convincing, and persuasive arguments to deradicalise these people.

Edward Snowden
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I'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office, watching what's happening, and goes, 'This is something that's not our place to decide.' The public needs to decide whether these programs or policies are right or wrong.

Edward Snowden
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There is a technical solution to every political problem... by Edward Snowden

There is a technical solution to every political problem...

Edward Snowden
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The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity in secret to extend their powers beyond what is necessary and appropriate.

Edward Snowden
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We have seen enough criminality on the part of government. It is hypocritical to make this allegation against me. They have narrowed the public sphere of influence.

Edward Snowden
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Technology provides us means outside of governments to begin enforcing our rights, enforcing protection of civil liberties, regardless of law, through the implementation of systems and standards.

Edward Snowden
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I have had no contact with the Chinese government ... I only work... by Edward Snowden

I have had no contact with the Chinese government ... I only work with journalists.

Edward Snowden
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Our founders did not write that 'We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all US Persons are created equal.'

Edward Snowden
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The work of a generation is beginning here, with your hearings, and you have the full measure of my gratitude and support.

Edward Snowden
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The NSA and Israel wrote Stuxnet together. by Edward Snowden

The NSA and Israel wrote Stuxnet together.

Edward Snowden
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The sad truth is that societies that demand whistleblowers be martyrs often find themselves without either, and always when it matters the most.

Edward Snowden
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