Best 11 quotes in «snowden quotes» category

The subject of Citizenfour, Edward Snowden, could not be here for some treason.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

Was the leaker in question, Ed Snowden, was he a traitor?

Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.

What we do with the information now is up to us, but certainly I have a lot of respect for the courage and integrity that was required for [Edard Snowden] to take that action.

Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give to an American.

Who is Spain? Why is Hitler? Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?

I think we do sympathize. And a lot of us think a lot of what Snowden did was great, and you're abetting him. But, we also think, well, if we are going to have someone who is going to be the one to take secret materials and disseminate it...why you? You weren't elected to that post. That seems to be what the question always comes down to.

It's not exactly an interview that's going on [in documentary]. I guess we do ask Edward Snowden some questions and we're recording him answering them and so on like that.

These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.

I thought this was pretty timely and it was pretty interesting [to film in Snowden].