Edward Snowden Quotes

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.

If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and trustees are created for the benefit of the public.

I just want people to know that whatever decisions are made on any issue, I'll make them according to what I believe is in the public interest and my own conscience.

My fundamental concern about the role of faith groups in providing social provision is democratic: how do we hold them to account? To whom are they responsible? How do we, the public, the recipients of welfare, punish them if they make mistakes or become corrupt?

My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.

We just ask the agency to make reasonable and honest decisions, and the public deserves no less.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

A key purpose of journalism is to provide an adversarial check on those who wield the greatest power by shining a light on what they do in the dark, and informing the public about those acts.

Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers to run this game, so credibility of a game, or a board, or even a government for that matter, is important irrespective of what you do. If you are in public life, it is important.

Leaks usually have more value to the public at large than the harm which they occasionally do.

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.

Those who do not serve the public interest should not hold a public license.

Most leaks from large bureaucracies are “good” leaks: no danger to national security, no harm to innocent people, information the public ought to know.

The best citizens were supposed to desire honest men in office, men who would not take bribes, men who would appoint high-minded men as their subordinates, men who would look after the public interest, see that public charities were well supported.

In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another. Offices were not established to give support to particular men at the public expense. No individual wrong is, therefore, done by removal, since neither appointment to nor continuance in office is a matter of right.

I think whenever something is - whenever there's something that affects the public good, then there does need to be some form of public oversight.

I did not seek to sell U.S. secrets. I did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. Instead, 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.

I have huge respect for whistle-blowers, people who stand up against their bosses and losing their careers, just for truth and justice.

I won't criticise anyone else's statements, and the public will make up their own minds. And if the public think that any side or any individual has strayed too far away from what's expected of public representatives, then they'll make that judgement.

I am not the type of politician who will tell you I am going to act for my own benefit. The answer is no, I will continue to serve the public.

If you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government.

When a donor is asked to contribute to a group whose innocuous-sounding name makes it appear to be doing work in the public interest, that donor should have a clear picture of where his or her money is going.

Leaders, whether in the public or the private sphere, must understand the responsibilities that come with their role. They are the most visible standard-bearers of their organizations. Holding them accountable to this responsibility protects the promise of our organizations and our communities.

Whistleblowers play a vital role in ensuring that the federal government is accountable to the people it serves.