Whistleblowing Quotes

“Ten years of my life was trying to get somebody, anybody, to listen.”

“The agency essentially destroyed me professionally for 20 years.”

“I felt that if I didn't say what I had to say, I'd be a party to it.”

“I'm not an advocate of leaks. I'm an advocate of responsible disclosure.”

“I have no more secrets. I have told everything. My job is done.”

“Truth-telling to the American people is not a crime.”

“My book was not about secrets; it was about the misuse of intelligence.”

“My ’spying’ is not telling secrets, but pointing to the criminals who are in high positions in the government and fulfill their duties in a corrupt way.”

“I will not be silenced. I will continue to speak out as long as I have a breath in me.”

“We're trying to build a world where you can be a whistleblower and not be executed for it.”

“I felt a moral obligation to tell the story of what I saw.”

“There's no question that the C.I.A. has been damaged tremendously by the leaks.”

“Whistleblowers are not the problem. The problem is the corruption they are exposing.”

“It would have been more comfortable to remain silent.”

“The story I was not supposed to tell is now told. I have been liberated from my duty to remain silent.”