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Every person remembers some moment in their life where they witnessed some injustice, big or small, and looked away because the consequences of intervening seemed too intimidating. But there's a limit to the amount of incivility and inequality and inhumanity that each individual can tolerate. I crossed that line. And I'm no longer alone.
— Edward Snowden
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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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