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" What the government wants is something they never had before. They want total awareness. The question is, is that something we should be allowing? "
Edward Snowden
Want
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Government
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" It may be that by watching everywhere we go, by watching everything we do, by analyzing every word we say, by waiting and passing judgment over every association we make and every person we love, that we could uncover a terrorist plot, or we could discover more criminals. But is that the kind of society we want to live in? "
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Waiting
Kind
" It's been vindicating to see the reaction from lawmakers, judges, public bodies around the world, civil liberties activists who have said it's true that we have a right to at least know the broad outlines of what our government's doing in our name and what it's doing against us. "
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" The only time you can be completely free from risk is when you're in prison. "
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" My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate. "
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" I have no regrets. "
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No Regrets
" All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago. "
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Left
Long Time
" 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. "
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World
Support
" I do agree that when it comes to cyber warfare, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth. "
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More
Lose
Earth
" They still have negligent auditing, they still have things going for a walk, and they have no idea where they're coming from, and they have no idea where they're going. And if that's the case, how can we, as the public, trust the NSA with all of our information, with all of our private records, the permanent record of our lives? "
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Walk
Things
Information
" I support a guaranteed basic income. I think we should take care of sick people. I believe women can make their own choices and that the government is at its best when it's building bridges instead of bombs. "
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Support
Best
Government
" I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight. "
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Spy
Almost
Been
" When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy. "
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Government
Democracy
You
" I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant. "
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Love
Rule
Law
" All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. "
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Say
Truth
Truth Is
" I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon or agree to scare people away from standing up for their rights, no matter how good the deal. I'm not going to be part of that. "
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Good
Care
People
" Most of the secrets the CIA has are about people, not machines and systems, so I didn't feel comfortable with disclosures that I thought could endanger anyone. "
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People
Feel
Thought
" If I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe America, the analyst gets it. All of it. IPs, raw data, content, headers, attachments, everything. And it gets saved for a very long time - and can be extended further with waivers rather than warrants. "
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Data
You
Time
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World
Only
Okay
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Made
Act
Been
" The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists. "
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Lists
Me
Government
" When people say, 'Why don't you face the music?' I say, 'You have to understand the music is not an open court and a fair trial.' "
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People
Face
Music
" You could watch entire villages and see what everyone was doing. I watched NSA tracking people's Internet activities as they typed. I became aware of just how invasive U.S. surveillance capabilities had become. I realized the true breadth of this system. And almost nobody knew it was happening. "
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Doing
You
People
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Freedom
World
" I did not seek to sell U.S. secrets. I did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. Instead, I took what I knew to the public so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice. "
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Day
Government
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Fear
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