Average Quote by Nat Hentoff

The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government is doing.…

— Ron Paul

I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government. There are…

— Jose Rizal

There is a huge difference between gathering intelligence in foreign countries, even our allies, and secretly getting information on U.S. citizens.

— Bob Beckel

Everything the CIA does is deniable. It's part of its Congressional mandate. Congress doesn't want to be held accountable for the criminal things the…

— Douglas Valentine

The American government is doing whatever it wants to, without any representative of the American public watching what it is doing.

— John Chancellor

The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.

— Aaron McGruder

I strongly believe the Government are listening to everything we say.

— Scarlett Moffatt

You cannot have 300-some million Americans - and really, right, the global citizenry be at risk of having their phone conversations intercepted with a…

— Ted Lieu

Spying on our citizens? That's just wrong.

— Matt Rosendale

As I mentioned we have arrested or detained over 1,000 people here in America to determine to find out what they know.

— George W. Bush

I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments.

— Henry Paulson

It is doubtful that the government knows much more than the public does about how government [Economic] policies will work.

— W. Allen Wallis