“ These examples and many others demonstrate an alarming trend whereby the privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may… William O. Douglas
“ Transparency means to dedicate our thoughts and efforts to non privacy rules and not to defend negative intelligence ideas or surveillance programs. Auliq Ice
“ Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say. Edward Snowden
“ Before Sept. 11, the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree to live their lives under the gaze of a network of biometric surveillance cameras, peering at them in government buildings, shopping ma… Jeffrey Rosen
“ Big Government' is a lot less like a 'Big Brother', and a lot more like a mother-in-law. A.E. Samaan
“ Sooner or later, all talk among foreigners in Pyongyang turns to one imponderable subject. Do the locals really believe what they are told, and do they truly revere Fat Man and Little Boy? I have been… Christopher Hitchens
“ There has never been a time in human history where so many people routinely carry recording and surveillance devices. Steven Magee
“ I'm always under surveillance from both the NSA, the Russian KGB, and the Bulgarian Army, so I'm the most invisible. Stefan D
“ Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publications, the free press as we know it disappears. Then the spectre of a government agent will look over the should… William O. Douglas
“ These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power. Edward Snowden
“ Is it surprising that the cellular prison, with its regular chronologies, forced labour, its authorities of surveillance and registration, its experts in normality, who continue and multiply the funct… Michel Foucault
“ Roosevelt fought hard for the United States to host the opening session [of the United Nations]; it seemed a magnanimous gesture to most of the delegates. But the real reason was to better enable the… James Bamford
“ Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. ... The Goliath of totalitarianism will be brought down by the D… Ronald Reagan
“ There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'. Philip K. Dick
“ We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from govern William O. Douglas
“ If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security. Bruce Schneier
“ For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve my life-long dream of playing… Ron Wyden
