Edward Snowden

"It turns out "Hey Alexa" is short for "Hey Keith Alexander." Yes, the Keith Alexander personally responsible for the unlawful mass surveillance programs that caused a global scandal. And Amazon Web Se…"

"No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused."

"there are no heroes, just heroic decisions"

"If I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace petting a phoenix by now."

"And history also shows that seemingly ordinary people who are sufficiently resolute about justice can triumph over the most formidable adversaries."

"The types of collection in the book -– microphones and video cameras, TVs that watch us –- are nothing compared to what we have available today. We have sensors in our pockets that track us everywhere…"

"we were all the monkey and then we found a stick, we could use it to beat somebody, or we could use it to build a bridge, but if you look around at the world today, there's a hell of a lot of bridges."

"Hi and Merry Christmas. I’m honored to have a chance to speak with you and your family this year. Recently we learned that our governments, working in concert, have created a system of worldwide syste…"