"The government is afraid of an informed public."

"The only thing I can do is tell the public what is happening."

"I don’t see myself as a hero because what I’m doing is self-interested: I don’t want to live in a world where there’s no privacy."

"I will be satisfied if the federation of states and the people of the world are better for my actions."

"When you're talking about things that are secret, the only way to get them out is to break the law."