Quotes by Glenn Greenwald

“A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can no longer govern. He is destined to become as much a failure as his war.”

“It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but only express concerns 'privately with the administration...”

“The true measure of a societys freedom is how it treats its dissidents and other marginalized groups, not how it treats its good loyalists. We shouldnt have to be faithful loyalists of the powerful...”

“For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election.”

“American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.”

“Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.”

“Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but on the federal government. The government, and ...”

“In video games, one of the most helpless against injustice can even mighty.”

“Washington likes to threaten the people over whom they exercise power.”

“The same president who has insisted that core moralism drives him has brought America to its lowest moral standing in history.”

“But even when the principle of equal treatment was betrayed, American leaders in every era have emphatically affirmed it, not so much out of hypocrisy as out of aspiration. Indeed, for those who we...”

“Every time I do an interview people ask similar questions, such as "What is the most significant story that you have revealed?" [] There really is only one overarching point that all of these stori...”

“He's the Presidentit's the responsibility of every citizen to criticize aggressively when they think it's warranted.”

“I don't have a 'side'I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else.”

“It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.”

“As always, imagine how great the press corps would be if it devoted 1/1000th the energy to dissecting non-sex political wrongdoing”

“Patriotism is not defined by loyalty to a particular elected official or political party. Indeed, excess loyalty to a single individual or party is the very antithesis of patriotism, as it places f...”

“Very few people use landline phones for much of anything. So when you talk about things like online chat and social media messages and emails, what you're really talking about is the full extent of...”

“It is true that the Internet can be used to disseminate falsehoods quickly, but it just as quickly roots them out and exposes them in a way that the traditional model of journalism and its closed, ...”

“The virtue of gay equality has become increasingly recognized in the U.S. because people have been persuaded of its merits, not because state officials, acting like Inquisitors, forced people to ac...”