Edward Snowden Quotes About Justice

Quotes about: Justice

• While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted to see, somehow legitimize an illegal affair. These rulings simply corrupt the most basic notion of justice - that it must be seen to be done. The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law.

  Edward Snowden

  Government, Law, Nsa

  Edward Snowden's Statement to human rights groups at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, wikileaks.org. July 12, 2013.

• I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice.

  Edward Snowden

  Light, Nsa, Justice

  "'My asylee status now formal': Snowden declares 'acceptance' of all offers of asylum". www.rt.com. July 12, 2013.

• Microsoft is in a court battle with the Department of Justice. The DOJ is saying, "We want information from your data center in Ireland. It's not about a US citizen, but we want it." Microsoft said, "OK, fine. Go to a judge in Ireland. Ask them for a warrant. We have a mutual legal-assistance treaty. They'll do it. Give that to us, and we'll provide the information to you in accordance with Irish laws."

  Edward Snowden

  Law, Data, Giving

  Source: www.thenation.com

• When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they risk delegitimizing not just their systems of justice, but the legitimacy of the government itself. Because when they bring political charges against people for acts that were clearly at least intended to work in the public interest, they deny them the opportunity to mount a public-interest defense.

  Edward Snowden

  Real, Opportunity, Government

  Source: www.thenation.com

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