Privacy Quotes

617 Privacy quotes by 500 unique authors

An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means.There is no such thing in the country. — George Bernard Shaw
Privacy is a privilege not granted to the aged or the young. — Margaret Laurence
Respecters of private property are really obligated to oppose much that is done today in the name of private enterprise, for corporate organization and monopoly… — Richard M. Weaver
In taking out an insurance policy one pays for it in dollars and cents, always at liberty to discontinue payments. If, however, womans premium is… — Emma Goldman
Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites… — Bill Gates
I admire some of the people on the screen today, but most of them look like everybody else. In our day we had individuality. Pictures… — Myrna Loy
In our culture privacy is often confused with secrecy. Open, honest, truth-telling individuals value privacy. We all need spaces where we can be alone with… — Bell Hooks
To make Christianity a private affair while banishing all privacy is to relegate it to the rainbow's end or the Greek Calends. — C.S. Lewis
As a social good, I think privacy is greatly overrated because privacy basically means concealment. People conceal things in order to fool other people about… — Richard Posner
Even if you can't sing well, sing. Sing to yourself. Sing in the privacy of your home. But sing. — Nachman of Breslov
Personal privacy is a closely held American value. — Anna Eshoo
The Supreme Court has said that: Marriage is the most important relation in life. Now that's being withheld from the plaintiffs. It is the foundation… — Ted Olson
It's just as difficult to live in a self-made hell of privacy as it is to live in a self-made hell of publicity. — Michael Hutchence
Following the enormous conjecture in the press, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct… — Freddie Mercury
Then again maybe there's something that I've been doing in the privacy of my own bedroom my whole life that I think is perfectly normal… — Megan McCafferty
Some praise me, some blame me. I go the other way. Sometimes those things that attract the most attention to us are the things which… — Tom Robbins
I feel like the quality of privacy and respect of people's personal space has been completely disintegrated. You can ask to take the picture. I… — Busta Rhymes
Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused. — Richard Perle
Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why… — William O. Douglas
Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution. — John Ashcroft

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