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Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
AYN RAND, The Fountainhead
Isn’t privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
KATE MILLET, speech, Mar. 22, 1975
Privacy was in sufficient danger before TV appeared, and TV has given it its death blow.
LOUIS KRONENBERGER, The Cart and the Horse
Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the cave, the tribal tepee, the pueblo, the community fortress, man emerged to build himself a house of his own with a shelter in it for himself and his diversions. Every age has seen it so. The poor might have to huddle together in cities for need’s sake, and the frontiersman cling to his neighbors for the sake of protection. But in each civilization, as it advanced, those who could afford it chose the luxury of a withdrawing-place.
PHYLLIS MCGINLEY, "A Lost Privilege," The Province of the Heart
- I give the fight up: let there be an end,
- A privacy, an obscure nook for me.
- I want to be forgotten even by God.
ROBERT BROWNING, Paracelsus
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