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128 Surveillance quotes by 97 unique authors

The NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America. — Edward Snowden
Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine. — Richard Stallman
China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my slightest,… — Ai Weiwei
Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in… — Cornel West
In China, Internet surveillance has already become a profitable industry. In fact, a growing number of private firms eagerly assist the local police by aggregating… — Evgeny Morozov
Surveillance cameras might reduce crime - even though the evidence here is mixed - but no studies show that they result in greater happiness of… — Evgeny Morozov
Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control. — Howard Rheingold
You can't assume any place you go is private because the means of surveillance are becoming so affordable and so invisible. — Howard Rheingold
Who wants to be a hundred? What's the point of it? A short life and a merry one is far better than a long one… — Henry Miller
Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free—and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror? — Cory Doctorow
Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and… — Garrison Keillor
The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values.… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Do you have someone watching her house?” (Stephanie) “That kind of surveillance only happens in the movies. We’re so underbudgeted we’re one step away from… — Janet Evanovich
I can grow cameras!" she had shrieked at the Brill brothers during one briefing. "Who's to say that despicable centaur Foaly hasn't succeded in splicing… — Eoin Colfer
The internet was supposed to liberate knowledge, but in fact it buried it, first under a vast sewer of ignorance, laziness, bigotry, superstition and filth… — Ben Elton
I think a persons life is supposed to be like a DVD. You can see the version everyone else sees, or you can choose the… — Jodi Picoult
Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid… — Richard Dawkins
Abby must have been the one who found the safe house, because Townsend didn't like it. "The building across the street is under construction," he… — Ally Carter
Individuality, family, and community are, by definition, expressions of singular organization, never of "one-right-way" thinking on the grand scale. Children and families need some relief… — John Taylor Gatto
When I look out [the window] at the big houses on either side of the road, it's obvious we've entered the rich side of town.… — Simone Elkeles
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have relinquished… — Christopher Hitchens
It's every little girl's dream," she said. "Interpol surveillance. And kittens. — Ally Carter
The NYPD has too urgent a mission and too few officers for us to waste time and resources on broad, unfocused surveillance. We have a… — Raymond Kelly
The concept of surveillance is ingrained in our beings. God was the original surveillance camera. — Hasan M. Elahi
CCTV is seen either as a symbol of Orwellian dystopia or a technology that will lead to crime-free streets and civil behaviour. While arguments continue,… — Heather Brooke

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