Every person remembers some moment in their life w... -Edward Snowden

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.

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American whistleblower who exposed extensive government surveillance programs. Snowden's actions sparked worldwide debates on privacy and civil liberties in the digital age. His disclosures have had a lasting impact on the fields of cybersecurity and online privacy.

Edward Snowden Quotes to Explore

I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression....
If I could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home....
I think the most important idea is to remember that there have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is l...
For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission's already accomplished. I already won. As soon as the journalists were able to work, everything...
No one would argue that it's in the United States' interest to have independent knowledge of the plans and intentions of foreign countries. But we nee...
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 wh...
Perhaps I am naive, but I believe that at this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life comes from the reasonable fear of ...
I don't want to harm my government. I want to help my government. But the fact that they are willing to completely ignore due process, they're willing...
We're losing our way as a society. If we don't stand up, if we don't say what we think those rights should be, and if we don't protect them, we will v...
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 ...

Alone Quotes to Explore

Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone....
I wanted the Peace Corps to be something very vague and unorganized, and to a large extent it was. It did not run smoothly. The consequence was that w...
Victims always feel alone and helpless....
I don't even know how much money I've spent on all of this stuff... Just in plates and bars alone, it's literally a ridiculous amount of money I've sp...
The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient....
I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone....
I really love football and for this reason alone, I trained hard every day, building up good stamina and energy....
I said to the German Ambassador that, as long as there was only a dispute between Austria and Serbia alone, I did not feel entitled to intervene; but ...
In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom i...
A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities, but never one of them alone,...