"I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions, but I will be satisfied if the federation of secret laws, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love ar…"

"The Internet is not a free space. It is a controlled space. It is a surveilled space."

"I would rather be called a traitor than a liar."

"The NSA is building a database of everyone's calls, emails, texts, chats, searches, locations, and financial transactions."

"The government has been operating in secret for too long, and it's time for the public to know what's going on."