"I'm not a hero, I'm just a person who did what I thought was right."

"The government is collecting all of our data, not because they're looking for terrorists, but because they're looking for power."

"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 is not benevolent."

"I believe that the internet is the most powerful tool for freedom that we have ever had."