Edward Snowden Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

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

  Edward Snowden

  Government, Democracy, Dangerous

  "Opinion Roundup: Edward Snowden And The NSA Leaks". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. June 10, 2013.

• Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but the only one who can end the worst of its abuses is you. Call your representatives and tell them that the unconstitutional 'bulk collection' of Americans' private records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act must end.

  Edward Snowden

  Opportunity, Nsa, Abuse

• If I and other whistleblowers are sentenced to long years in prison without so much as a chance to explain our motivations to a jury, it will have a deeply chilling effect on future whistleblowers working as I did to expose government abuse and overreach. It will chill speech. It will corrode the quality of our democracy.

  Edward Snowden

  Motivation, Government, Years

  "Activists Launch Campaign Urging Obama To Pardon Edward Snowden". "All Things Considered" with David Welna, www.npr.org. September 14, 2016.

• How do we preserve our civil rights, our traditions as a liberal democracy, in a time when government power is expanding and is more and more difficult to check?

  Edward Snowden

  Rights, Government, Democracy

  Source: www.thenation.com

• We are a representative democracy. But how did we get there? We got there through direct action. And that's enshrined in our Constitution and in our values.

  Edward Snowden

  Direct Action, Democracy, Constitution

  Source: www.thenation.com

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