Civil rights Quote by William O. Douglas

“We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from…

— William O. Douglas

The privacy and dignity of our citizens [are] being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence.…

— Anonymous

“For if we are observed in all matters, we are constantly under threat of correction, judgment, criticism, even plagiarism of our own uniqueness. We…

— Bruce Schneier

There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions-a realm of his own essential…

— Geoffrey Fisher

“is in the realm of privacy where creativity, dissent, and challenges to orthodoxy germinate. A society in which everyone knows they can be watched…

— Glenn Greenwald

The last refuge of privacy cannot be placed solely in law or technology. It must repose in both, and a thoughtful combination of the…

— Jonathan Zittrain

“Expecting the US government to operate a massive surveillance machine in complete secrecy without falling prey to its temptations runs counter to every historical…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Privacy seems not an illusion for those who want to believe in secrecy principle.”

— Toba Beta

“The framers assumed no general right to privacy because, to state the obvious, criminal and evil acts can be committed in privacy. Criminal codes…

— Mark R. Levin

“I hope each of us owns the facts of her or his own life," Hughes wrote in a letter to the Independent in April,…

— Janet Malcolm

“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

There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of…

— Antonin Scalia