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We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-older than our political parties, older than our school system. -- William O. Douglas
Demanding domestic security in times of war invites carelessness in preserving civil liberties and the right of privacy. Frequently the people are only too anxious for their freedoms to be sacrificed on the altar of authoritarianism thought to be necessary to remain safe and secure. -- Ron Paul
Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American. -- Jackie Speier
The Supreme Court must strike down the government's illegal spying program as a violation of our Fourth Amendment right to privacy. -- Rand Paul
The right to privacy has both positive and negative connotations for those who consider themselves part of the natural law tradition. -- David Novak
If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion. -- William J. Brennan
The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy. -- Harry A. Blackmun
I think young people of all races are interested in justice; maybe not so much taxes and regulations, but they're interested in justice and the right to privacy on the Internet. -- Rand Paul
According to the Privacy Rights Center, up to 10 million Americans are victims of ID theft each year. They have a right to be notified when their most sensitive health data is stolen. -- Luis Gutierrez
How to strike the right balance between our privacy and our expectation that the state will protect us and facilitate our freedom is one of the most difficult challenges facing us all. -- David Blunkett
Indeed, an entire generation of Americans has grown to adulthood since the Roe decision of 1973, which held that the right to choose an abortion was a privacy right protected by our Constitution. -- Robert Casey
For thirty years, beginning with the invention of a privacy right in the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the Left has been waging a systematic assault on the constitutional foundation of the nation. -- David Horowitz
I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is a time and a place for vigorous debate on the War on Terror, but during a family's last goodbye is not it. -- Dave Reichert
The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we're getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem. -- Al Franken
On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America - and our one million member activists - I am honored to be here to talk to you about what's at stake for women in 2012. I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy. -- Nancy Keenan
I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that's fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that's fine. And it might not be right, because I'm the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It's the one shred of privacy I have in the matter. -- Taylor Swift
Really what it gets down to is that my idea of the American life, the American dream, whatever, is that I can do what I wish in the privacy of my own home. And as long as I'm not hurting anyone, no one has a right to know what I do. The main thing that I have to hide is that I don't have anything to hide. -- William T. Vollmann
I respect someone's right to privacy and I want them to know it. -- Terry Gross
Do you believe today that the right to privacy does exist in the Constitution? -- Arlen Specter
The question of the right to privacy must be one of the defining issues of our time. -- Salil Shetty
This is a free country, madam. We have a right to share your privacy in a public place. -- Peter Ustinov
This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy. -- Cory Doctorow
Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect. -- Bruce Schneier
I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn't be intrusive. -- Tim Cook
I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world. -- Marina and the Diamonds
The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control. -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Right to privacy is really important. You pull that brick out and another and pretty soon the house falls. -- Tim Cook
The right to personal privacy is precious. Without it, we are all potential victims for a prying secret police. -- Lewis B. Smedes
The right to privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. -- Harry A. Blackmun
At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right, and it is a very serious matter. -- Jose Manuel Barroso
Recommended additon to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: "A right to not have your data rise up and attack you." -- Benjamin Wittes
I think that in today's world the right to privacy and freedom of the press are set on a collision course. -- Rob Lowe
If we can't preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can't imagine what rights we will be able to protect. -- Faye Wattleton
If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion. -- William J. Brennan
If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble. -- Coretta Scott King
I am told the settlement of $5 million I am being paid is the largest amount ever paid under the New York right to privacy law -- Woody Allen
I might have lived in England for the last several years, but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy. -- Kevin Spacey
We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity. -- Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system. -- Barbara Boxer
Look, I might have lived in England for the last several years but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy, -- Kevin Spacey
I believe in privacy, I believe that people especially when it comes to private emails, personal emails, et cetera, I think people have a right to that privacy. -- Sean Hannity
Just to set the record straight, a salary for a given on-screen performance does not include the right to invade anyone's privacy, to destroy someone's sense of self. -- Jodie Foster
Congress must go further to protect the right to privacy, to end the NSA's dragnet surveillance of ordinary Americans, to make the intelligence community more transparent and accountable. -- Elizabeth Warren
I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way. -- Norman Lamm
If you look at Griswold, what you can see is the first time the Court recognized the right to privacy, which ends up becoming ultimately the right to abortion. -- Jay Alan Sekulow
If you look at Griswold, what you can see is the first time the Court recognized the right to privacy, which ends up becoming ultimately the right to abortion. -- Jay Alan Sekulow
I'd like to do a song that I wrote today about our government's increasing infringement on our right to privacy, but the lyrics mysteriously disappeared from my guitar case. -- Dan Piraro
Sleeping people are so remote.... Right here, but out of communication. That's what strikes humans as uncanny about sleep. Its utter privacy. The sleeper turns his back on everyone. -- Ursula K. Le Guin

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