Patrick Choi

“The reason you're reading this book is that I did a dangerous thing for a man in my position: I decided to tell the truth.”
― Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

“Never react to what people say. React to what they mean. Just remember: People hardly ever say what they mean.”
― George J. Thompson, Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion

“I was reminded of what is perhaps the fundamental rule of technological progress: if something can be done, it probably will be done, and possibly already has been.”
― Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

“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