Surveillance Quotes

128 quotes by 98 authors

In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global strategy for prevention and control of osteoporosis, focusing on three… — Gro Harlem Brundtland
Doctors and nurses, with their training and their experiences, they would be able to detect unusual patterns of disease. That's why we say it is… — Margaret Chan
I worked for George Bush. I'm proud to have worked for him. I think that a lot of the most controversial things we did, that… — Dick Cheney
Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
We have put over Â£2bn in the last three years into counter-terrorism and we are developing the electronic border surveillance and identity cards — David Blunkett
The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient — Aron Nimzowitsch
Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given… — Bob Barr
We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government. — William O. Douglas
The most common characteristic of all police states is intimidation by surveillance. Citizens know they are being watched and overheard. Their mail is being examined.… — Vance Packard
At no time, when the astronauts were in space were they alone, there was a constant surveillance by UFOs. — Scott Carpenter
Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation. — Marc Maron
More directly linked to the impact of technology, it involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled and directed society. Such a society would be… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Complete and accurate surveillance as a means of control is probably a practical impossibility. What is much more likely is a loss of privacy and… — Victor C. Ferkiss
Drug offenses ... may be regarded as the prototypes of non-victim crimes today. The private nature of the sale and use of these drugs has… — John Kaplan
The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free from government snooping… — Elizabeth Holtzman
History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent. A… — Glenn Greenwald
I listen a little to the Democrats, and if one of them gets elected, we are going on defense," Giuliani continued. "We will wave the… — Rudy Giuliani
A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development. — P.D. James
Everyone everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten â€” and theyâ€™re talking about it. They have the power to decide for themselves whether they… — Edward Snowden
I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a chance… — Edward Snowden

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