"I'm not a criminal, I'm a whistleblower."

"The government's surveillance programs are illegal, immoral, and unconstitutional."

"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 mean, how many times have we heard, 'If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear'? And it's a very simple argument, and it's a very easy argument to sort of understand. But that argume…"

"We need to fight for our rights, because no one else will."