Balance Quote by Dana Bash

The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic…

— Al Franken

“Government surveillance is a blatant violation of our fundamental right to privacy, an intrusion into the sacred space where personal thoughts and actions unfold.…

— James William Steven Parker

One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need to keep…

— Barack Obama

I think most people accept that it is necessary to have some surveillance in a democratic society. I think most people accept that it's…

— Keir Starmer

“A prime justification for surveillance—that it’s for the benefit of the population—relies on projecting a view of the world that divides citizens into categories…

— Glenn Greenwald

Preventing surveillance of millions of people at a time is totally within our ability.

— Alex Stamos

Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too. And the…

— Barack Obama

It doesn't thrill me to bits that the state has to use the tools of electronic surveillance to keep us safe, but it seems…

— John Lanchester

We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go…

— Larry Craig

“Government surveillance is a violation of our intrinsic right to privacy, a breach that extends beyond legal boundaries into the emotional terrain of fear…

— James William Steven Parker

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

— Nat Hentoff

“Authorities this broad give the national security bureaucracy the power to scrutinize the personal lives of every law-abiding American. Allowing that to continue is…

— Ron Wyden