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“To be truly free, you should be ready to risk everything for freedom.”
“To put it simply, it doesn't matter how many other messaging apps are out there if all of them suck.”
“Maybe we shouldn't be too dependent on politicians trying to make us believe that we are safe only because of their actions.”
“If you get rid of emotion for a minute and think about the threat of terrorism statistically, it's not even there. The probability that you will slip on a wet floor in your bathroom and die is a thousand times higher than the probability of you dying as a result of terrorism.”
“I'm very happy right now without any property anywhere.”
“In my days in Russia, I visited some very rich guys. I visited big ships, private airplanes, houses - and I know for sure I don't want this for myself.”
“Not everybody's actions are based on ideas. Some people's actions are based on profit.”
“Italian food is simple and healthy, and it's easier for a vegetarian to choose something from the menu.”
“Armed police at my apartment doors in 2011 was scary, but the sudden - and not exactly legal - takeover of 48 per cent of VKontakte, that coincided with a fabricated case against myself in April 2013, was more frightening.”
“In America they started to refer to Telegram as 'ISIS's preferred messaging app,' But in reality there are many more legitimate users.”
“I think we should be less dependent on the outdated concept we call countries.”
“I was born in Leningrad, U.S.S.R., before my father got an appointment at a university in Italy and we moved to Italy. I spend a few years there before my family returned to Russia.”
“When you start giving interviews like the CEO of an established company, it's just wrong.”
“Facebook has long been part of surveillance programs, long before it acquired WhatsApp.”
“We think that providing this kind of secure private means of communication for the masses for 99.999 percent of people that have nothing to do with terrorism means more than the threat that we see from the other side.”
“Political oppositionary activity on the Russian Internet caused the government to pass laws limiting both service operators and users. As a result, the Russian tech environment became much less liberal, losing freedom as one of its competitive advantages.”
“I'm motivated by curiosity.”
“I consider myself a legal citizen of the world.”
“The global threat of 'Big Brother' can actually be conquered purely by technology.”
“The first thing that we wanted to make clear is that nobody has to trust anybody. We don't take people's trust for Telegram for granted.”