When people say, "I have nothing to hide," what they're saying is... by Edward Snowden

When people say, "I have nothing to hide," what they're saying is, "My rights don't matter."

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There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.

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Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.

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I don't want to live in a world where everything that I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded.

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Being confronted with the realization that work you intended to benefit people is being used against them has a radicalizing effect.

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Being a patriot doesn’t mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don’t have to be foreign countries.

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Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to n... by Edward Snowden

Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to need them.

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It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.

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The government would assert that individuals who are aware of serious wrongdoing in the intelligence community should bring their concerns to the people most responsible for that wrongdoing, and rely on those people to correct the problems that those people themselves authorized.

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You have to remember the way the internet works, when you communicate with the server, it's very likely not in your country. It's somewhere else in the world.

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Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. by Edward Snowden

Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.

I would rather be without a state than without a voice. by Edward Snowden

I would rather be without a state than without a voice.

People in both parties from the congressional intelligence committees - all these co-opted officials who play cheerleader for spy agencies - go on these Sunday shows and they say: "Snowden was a traitor. He works against Americans. He works for the Chinese. Oh, wait, he left Hong Kong - he works for the Russians."

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Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we ar... by Edward Snowden

Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be.

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I don't want to live in a world where there's no privacy, and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity.

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If you’re not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren’t r... by Edward Snowden

If you’re not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren’t real.

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When we think in the context of the last decade's infringements upon personal liberty and the last year's revelations, it's not about surveillance. It's about liberty.

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It's really hard to take that step-not only do I believe in something, I believe in it enough that I'm willing to set my own life on fire and burn it to the ground.

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The US government still has no idea what documents I have because... by Edward Snowden

The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works

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I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they f... by Edward Snowden

I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light.

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Russia recently passed a law - I think a terrible law - which says you have to store all of the data from Russian citizens on Russian soil just to prevent other countries from playing the same kind of legal games we're playing in this Microsoft case.

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