Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else.

- Glenn Greenwald

What I do know is that Charlie Hebdo cartoonists have been converted into the closest thing the West has to religious-like martyrs in the war against…

- Glenn Greenwald

Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.

- Glenn Greenwald

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 ci…

- Glenn Greenwald

When people in power can operate in the dark, inevitably they abuse that power. So, you need outside forces to bring light and transparency to what t…

- Glenn Greenwald

The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government] do: that's why they're calle…

- Glenn Greenwald

An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from those harmed by their…

- Glenn Greenwald

The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false gover…

- Glenn Greenwald

The ultimate test of a society's freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it's how it treats its dissidents.

- Glenn Greenwald