Rose Bird Quote

If you have never experienced life under a microscope, you need to understand that those who live a public life no longer are seen as 'real persons' — human beings. Rather they are objects to be examined, manipulated, ridiculed.

New York Times (6 December 1999)

If you have never experienced life under a microscope, you need to understand that those who live a public life no longer are seen as 'real persons'...

If you have never experienced life under a microscope, you need to understand that those who live a public life no longer are seen as 'real persons'...

If you have never experienced life under a microscope, you need to understand that those who live a public life no longer are seen as 'real persons'...

If you have never experienced life under a microscope, you need to understand that those who live a public life no longer are seen as 'real persons'...