“When you're dealing with an in-law violation, I think the first line of defense is for the blood relation to have a serious talk.” ThinkingFirstsLawLinesBloodSeriousRelationDefenseViolationIn-lawsBlood Relation Author:Emily Yoffe
“The G7 and former G8 group has always viewed itself as a community of values, the annexation of Crimea, which is a blatant violation of the principles of international law, and the events in eastern Ukraine are serious violations of these common values.” LawValuesCommunityCommonPrinciplesGroupsEventsSeriousInternationalFormerEasternViolationUkraineInternational LawCrimeaAnnexation Author:Angela Merkel
“There is more action in some other countries. In Germany, they've called for a very serious inquiry that's discovering more and more. They've just discovered a significant violation of the German Constitution that had been concealed from the Parliament.” CountryActionSeriousConstitutionSignificantGermanyDiscoveringOther CountriesInquiryParliamentViolationConcealed Author:Edward Snowden
“Using the language of heroism, calling Daniel Ellsberg a hero, and calling the other people who made great sacrifices heroes - even though what they have done is heroic - is to distinguish them from the civic duty they performed, and excuses the rest of us from the same civic duty to speak out when we see something wrong, when we witness our government engaging in serious crimes, abusing power, engaging in massive historic violations of the Constitution of the United States. We have to speak out or we are party to that bad action.” PeopleMadeStatesDoneGovernmentActionSpeakLanguageUnitedPartyUnited StatesSacrificeCrimeSeriousDutyHeroCallingConstitutionExcuseWitnessMassiveHeroicHeroismEngagingHistoricViolationCivicsSpeaks OutCivic DutyConstitution Of The United StatesGreat SacrificeBad Actions Author:Edward Snowden