Edward Snowden Quotes

The storm center of lawlessness in every American State is the State Capitol. It is there that the worst crimes are committed; it is there that lawbreaking attains to the estate and dignity of a learned profession; it is there that contempt for the laws is engendered, fostered, and spread broadcast.

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.

The American people might have a criminal syndicate running their government.

The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.

The history of governments is one of the most immoral parts of human history.

The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse

The real cost of corruption in government, whether it is local, state, or federal, is a loss of the public trust.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

There's very little different between the way the government operates in America and the way criminals do.

It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.

The actions of my government are not bearable. They devastate our natural resources and deprive our people. The politicians speak piously while practicing greed and divisiveness. They care nothing for the nation. I want to do more than withdraw my support. I want to tar and feather them.

Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today.

When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government.

Modi government has not flouted any rule or regulation to help anyone.

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

Today, corruption has won and justice has lost. I brought corruption cases in good faith involving powerful people, and the political and legal establishment blatantly covered up and retaliated by targeting my law license.

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

The United States government in Washington constantly gives amnesty to its highest officials, even when they commit the most egregious crimes. And yet the idea of amnesty for a whistleblower is considered radical and extreme.