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Edward Snowden on Truth

born 1983 United States

← All quotes by Edward Snowden

3 quotes

The true measurement of a person's worth isn't what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those beliefs. If you're not acting on your beliefs, then they probably aren't real.

No Place to Hide (2014)

I did not reveal any US operations against legitimate military targets. I pointed out where the NSA has hacked civilian infrastructure such as universities, hospitals, and private businesses because it is dangerous.

Interview with Glenn Greenwald (2013)

If you love the truth, as I think everyone here does — you wouldn’t be listening to this, you wouldn’t be watching this, you wouldn’t be participating in this, you wouldn’t care about this, unless something in you told you that something important was happening here... We are unindicted co-conspirators in his quest to raise a lantern in the halls of power.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edward Snowden (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.