"I'm not a whistleblower. I'm a truth-teller."

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

"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…"

"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…"

"Arguing that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say."