“A public outcry usually masks a private obsession.”

“Each photograph is read as the private appearance of its referent: the age of Photography corresponds precisely to the explosion of the private into the public, or rather into the creation of a new social value, which is the publicity of the private: the private is consumes as such, publicly.”

“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences...Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives. That sum total of private behavior has worldwide public consequences of enormous magnitude. There are no completely private choices.”

“Prayer in private results in boldness in public.”

“When there’s a vacuum of public input, lobbyists usually fill it. But when there’s public input, the people usually win.”

“Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department”