No system of mass surveillance has existed in any ... -Edward Snowden

No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused.

Edward Snowden , Activist
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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 ...

Society Quotes to Explore

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy....
These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries....
Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society - all must uphold high standards of probity in their working. Only a genuine partnership...
We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of ...
Australia has an increasingly multicultural society....
It's a rare and precious thing to be close to suffering because our society - in many ways - tells us that suffering is wrong. If it's our own sufferi...
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day....
Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere....
There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in ...
The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society....