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America is a fundamentally good country. We have good people with good values who want to do the right thing. But the structures of power that exist are working to their own ends to extend their capability at the expense of the freedom of all publics.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: power, people, freedom, good

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Citizens with a conscience are not going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the conscience forbids it.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: because, going, conscience, ignore
You shouldn't change your behavior because a government agency somewhere is doing the wrong thing. If we sacrifice our values because we're afraid, we don't care very much about those values.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: sacrifice, government, you, change
If I had to describe myself, I wouldn't use words like 'hero.' I wouldn't use 'patriot,' and I wouldn't use 'traitor.' I'd say I'm an American and I'm a citizen, just like everyone else.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: like, words, hero, myself
No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: been, point, know, society
Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%.
— Edward Snowden
Tags: because, okay, only, world
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