Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page Benno C. Schmidt Quote “Privacy is absolutely essential to maintaining a free society. The idea that is at the foundation of the notion of privacy is that the citizen is not the tool or instrument of government – but the reverse… If you have no privacy, it will tend to follow that you have no political freedom…” ~ Benno C. Schmidt President, Yale UniversityChristian Science Monitor, 5 December 1986 Government , President Ratings and Comments SaveOk2 SaveOk2 View CommentsClick to view or comment. Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print This Benno C. Schmidt quote is found in these categories: Government quotes President quotes About Benno C. Schmidt Bio of Benno C. Schmidt Quotations by Benno C. Schmidt Books by/about Benno C. Schmidt Benno C. Schmidt videos Benno C. Schmidt on Wikipedia Astrological chart for Benno C. Schmidt