"Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an inherent right."

"The public has a right to know if their government is building a system of pervasive surveillance that collects every single communication of virtually every man, woman and child."

"The greatest danger to our liberty is not from foreign enemies, but from our own government."

"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."

"The government has become too secretive, and it's time for more transparency."