Eamon Bailey Quotes

“But for now, let’s go back to the places in the world where we most need transparency and so rarely have it.”

“Whoever is persecuting them, and all those who tacitly support this persecution, would realize that to persecute them would mean persecuting at least 10 percent of the population—including their sons, daughters, neighbors and friends—even their own parents. It would be instantly untenable.”

“We will become all-seeing, all-knowing.”

“Tyrants can no longer hide. There needs to be, and will be, documentation and accountability, and we need to bear witness. And to this end, I insist that all that happens should be known.”

“Would you say you behave differently when you know you’re being watched?”

“Knowledge is a basic human right. Equal access to all possible human experience is a basic human right.”

“I understand that secrecy is part of, well, an aberrant behavior system. It comes from a bad place, not a place of light and generosity. And when you deprive your friends . . . of experiences like I had, you’re basically stealing from them. You’re depriving them of something they have a right to.”

“In a family, is a secret a good thing? Theoretically, do you ever think, You know what would be great to keep from my family? A secret.”