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

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


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There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.

There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.



Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.

Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.



Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to need them.

Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to need them.



It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.

It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.



I don't want to live in a world where there's no privacy, and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity.

I don't want to live in a world where there's no privacy, and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity.



Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.

Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.



Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be.

Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be.



The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works

The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works



We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.

We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.



Because, remember, I didn't want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.

Because, remember, I didn't want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.





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I didn't born to sit in the corner to cry on my luck, i was born to make the impossible possible..لم أولد لأجلس في الزاوية وأبكي على حظي ، لقد ولدت لأجعل من المستحيل ممكنا

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I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.

I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.



Beauty is excrescence, superabundance, random ebulience, and sheer delightful waste to be enjoyed in its own right.

Beauty is excrescence, superabundance, random ebulience, and sheer delightful waste to be enjoyed in its own right.



Cocaine made me talk forever. The most nonsensical rubbish that you could ever think of.

Cocaine made me talk forever. The most nonsensical rubbish that you could ever think of.



As soon as I came to L.A., I was told that I was exotic. I'd think, But I'm from Miami! I'm as American as a cheeseburger!

As soon as I came to L.A., I was told that I was exotic. I'd think, But I'm from Miami! I'm as American as a cheeseburger!



I am a little bit of a foul mouth and I just like to give it back to people.

I am a little bit of a foul mouth and I just like to give it back to people.



If I want to keep working as an actor, I'm going to become a comedian who does fart jokes.

If I want to keep working as an actor, I'm going to become a comedian who does fart jokes.



That Hugh Laurie show is nothing but Scrubs fan fiction.

That Hugh Laurie show is nothing but Scrubs fan fiction.




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