Privacy is a function of liberty.

- Edward Snowden

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

- Edward Snowden

Richard Nixon got kicked out of Washington for tapping one hotel suite. Today we're tapping every American citizen in the country, and no one has bee…

- Edward Snowden

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 b…

- Edward Snowden

I don't think there's anything, any threat out there today that anyone can point to, that justifies placing an entire population under mass surveilla…

- Edward Snowden

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

- Edward Snowden

Every time you pick up the phone, dial a number, write an e-mail, make a purchase, travel on the bus carrying a cell phone, swipe a card somewhere, y…

- Edward Snowden

It's becoming less and less the National Security Agency and more and more the national surveillance agency. It's gaining more offensive powers with …

- Edward Snowden

Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so t…

- Edward Snowden