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Government Spying Quotes

The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything.

The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything.

"Edward Snowden, NSA files source: 'If they want to get you, in time they will'". Interview with Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2013.

I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act.

"Ex-CIA Worker Edward Snowden Says He Leaked Surveillance Data" by Anugrah Kumar, www.christianpost.com. June 10, 2013.

I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of omniscient State powers kept in check by nothing more than policy documents.

"Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he knew risks". Interview with Barton Gellman, www.washingtonpost.com. June 10, 2013.

I 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 Snowden, NSA files source: 'If they want to get you, in time they will'". Interview with Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2013.

I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong.

"Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations". Article by Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2013.

The only thing I fear is the harmful effects on my family, who I won't be able to help any more. That's what keeps me up at night.

"Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations" by lenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2013.

I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions, and that the return of this information to the public marks my end.

"Snowden made cautious approach to Post reporter, said he knew the risk he's taking", www.foxnews.com. June 9, 2013.

They are intent on making every conversation and every form of behaviour in the world known to them.

"Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations" by Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2013.

Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded.

"Starting Point With Soledad O'brien" with Christine Romans, www.cnn.com. June 10, 2013.

I do not expect to see home again.

"Edward Snowden, NSA files source: 'If they want to get you, in time they will'". Interview with Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2013.