"I'm willing to sacrifice all of that because I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive…"

"I am not a traitor, and I am not a hero. I am an American."

"I'm not a whistleblower in the classical sense. I'm a citizen."

"The government has created a surveillance state that is more intrusive than anything George Orwell imagined."

"The power of the people is stronger than the people in power."