"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…"

"The government has a responsibility to its people, and that responsibility includes protecting their rights."

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

"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 government has been operating in secret for too long, and it's time for the public to know what's going on."