Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year. ”

My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director. ”

I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts of documents that would have made a big impact that I didn't turn over, because harming people isn't my goal. Transparency is. ”

I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon or agree to scare people away from standing up for their rights, no matter how good the deal. I'm not going to be part of that. ”

What does that mean for a society, for a democracy, when the people that you elect on the basis of promises can basically suborn the will of the electorate? ”

My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them. ”

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

Congress hasn't declared war on the countries - the majority of them are our allies - but without asking for public permission, NSA is running network operations against them that affect millions of innocent people. And for what? So we can have secret access to a computer in a country we're not even fighting? ”

Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries. ”

It's been vindicating to see the reaction from lawmakers, judges, public bodies around the world, civil liberties activists who have said it's true that we have a right to at least know the broad outlines of what our government's doing in our name and what it's doing against us. ”