Contemporary Quote by Eleanor Clift

Kitty Kelley's method, already perfected in her unauthorised and unflattering biographies of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Reagan, is to write bestsellers that take what…

— David Cannadine

As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the defense of privacy follows, and…

— Jill Lepore

“For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness. We…

— Bruce Schneier

“A book: "A haven for provocation and privacy”

— Edward P. Morgan

“Transparency is the antidote to hypocrisy.”

— Britt Merrick

“While basking in the limelight, one sacrificed privacy. Anonymity has distinct advantages. Keeping to the background afforded one much more maneuverability and, thereby, power.”

— Sandra Brown

“Privacy is a modern invention.”

— Lauren McLaughlin

The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk.

— Michael Morell

The last refuge of privacy cannot be placed solely in law or technology. It must repose in both, and a thoughtful combination of the…

— Jonathan Zittrain

“The sacrifice of selfish privacy which is daily demanded of us is daily repaid a hundredfold in the true growth of personality which the…

— C.S. Lewis

Privacy is a thing of the past.

— Martin Cooper

“We live in a culture of secrecy, where hiding and lying are accepted as natural, even though we don’t like it. We want honesty,…

— Penney Peirce