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We have seen enough criminality on the part of government. It is hypocritical to make this allegation against me. They have narrowed the public sphere of influence.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Against Allegation Enough Government Hypocritical Influence Make Me Part Public Seen Sphere

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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 to declare guilt without ever seeing a trial, these are things that we need to work against as a society and say, 'Hey, this is not appropriate.'

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Against Appropriate Declare Due Ever Fact Government Guilt Harm Help Hey Ignore Need Process Say Seeing Society Things Trial Want Willing Without Work

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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

Topics: Allowing Awareness Before Government Had Never Question Should Something Total Want Wants

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I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts, because I have faith in Hong Kong's rule of law.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Because Courts Faith Fight Flee Government Had Kong Law Many Opportunities Rather Rule Rule Of Law States Stay United United States United States Government Would

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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.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Able Cannot Coming Cover Going Government Me Now Right Say Stopped Truth Truth Is Up U.s. Government I Can

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I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Chinese Contact Government Had Journalists Only Work

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When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Dangerous Dangerous Thing Democracy Fundamentally Government Power Thing You

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After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as a check to power - the journalistic responsibility to challenge the excesses of government - for fear of being seen as unpatriotic and punished in the market during a period of heightened nationalism.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: After America Being Challenge Check Excess Fear Government Important Journalistic Many Market Most Nationalism News Outlets Period Power Punished Responsibility Role Seen The Most Important

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The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Government Lists Me Placed States United United States United States Government

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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.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Activists Against Around Been Bodies Broad Civil Civil Liberties Doing Government Judges Know Lawmakers Least Liberties Name Our Outlines Public Reaction Right Said See True Us Who World

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