I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt l... -Edward Snowden

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.

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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 ...

War Quotes to Explore

As we have seen, the wireless and the airplane have made the world so small and nations so dependent on each other that the only alternative to war is...
I have never believed you go to war in Iraq, you go to war in Afghanistan, and believe that you can deal with those battlefields, those countries, in ...
The war on Iraq was a disaster, clearly carried out under false pretences....
Since there will be no one left to talk peace after the next war, it makes good sense to break with tradition and hold the peace conference first....
What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Cen...
I worked for MI6 in the Sixties, during the great witch-hunts, when the shared paranoia of the Cold War gripped the services....
The war on drugs is not being won, and it continues to threaten stability and democracy not only in the Andes but throughout the Caribbean as well, wh...
Those of my generation who grew up in the midst of the Cold War had a very, very strong awareness and very much were sort of influenced by the demoniz...
You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature....
What is our vision on this earth - war to the end of all generations and life by the sword?...