Edward Snowden Spy Quotations

I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight.

It's critical how we want to use these spy programs, these electronic capabilities, where we want to draw the line, and who should approve these programs, these decisions, and at what level, for engaging in operations that could lead us as a nation into a war.

I'm not a spy for Russia or China or any other country for that matter.

I'm not a spy, which is the real question

The United States has faced threats from criminal groups, from terrorists, from spies throughout our history, and we have limited our responses. We haven't resorted to total war every time we have a conflict around the world, because that restraint is what defines us. That restraint is what gives us the moral standing to lead the world.