Not merely was my own mail opened, but the mail of all my relatives and friends—people residing in places as far apart as California and Florida. I recall the bland smile of a government official to whom I complained about this matter: ‘If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.’
Let’s be clear: the right to privacy is not a fascist dogma.
Goebbels is not the first person to say this. An earlier quote comes from Upton Sinclair in 1918:
Let’s be clear: the right to privacy is not a fascist dogma.