"If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy."
— Phil Zimmermann
"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"
— Phil Zimmermann
"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."
— Phil Zimmermann