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Edward Snowden Quotes: 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.


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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.



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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.



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



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



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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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The sad truth is that societies that demand whistleblowers be martyrs often find themselves without either, and always when it matters the most.





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