Phil Zimmermann quotes:

I used to feel like I was a flea on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Now I feel I might be a small yapping poodle on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

When making public policy decisions about new technologies for the Government, I think one should ask oneself which technologies would best strengthen the hand of a police state. Then, do not allow the Government to deploy those technologies.

Show me a person who has nothing to hide, and I'll show you a person who is either exceedingly dull - or a complete exhibitionist

At no time in the past century has public distrust of the government been so broadly distributed across the political spectrum, as it is today.

The PSTN is like a well-manicured neighborhood, (while) the internet is like a crime-ridden slum,

If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.