Patrick Choi

“In the 1990s, the Internet had yet to fall victim to the greatest iniquity in digital history: the move by both government and businesses to link, as intimately as possible, users’ online personas to their offline legal identity.”
― Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

“Ultimately, saying that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.”
― Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

“I had hoped to serve my country, but instead I went to work for it. This is not a trivial distinction.”
― Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

“If your antagonist can upset you, he owns you at some level.”
― George J. Thompson, Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion