Roger Mudd Quotes

I like to keep some privacy, be a normal person.

We need to start seeing privacy as a commons - as some kind of a public good that can get depleted as too many people treat it carelessly or abandon it too eagerly. What is privacy for? This question needs an urgent answer.

My take is, privacy is precious. I think privacy is the last true luxury. To be able to live your life as you choose without having everyone comment on it or know about.

I think everybody should have a certain amount of privacy, even though they are in the public eye, no matter who they are.

It's certainly important for people to have a sense of privacy.

I've always felt that anyone who wants to talk about my private life is only demonstrating the paucity of his/her imagination when there are so many more important and exciting things to discuss.

I don't think when people sign up for a life of doing something they love to do they should have to sign up for a complete loss of privacy. I understand a little loss of privacy coming with the job.

I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.

Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful.

I believe that it is critical for this country to have a zone of privacy —– for everyone,

I have certain rules for snooping, under which anything out in the open is fair game. But I also think, in light of some current trends in our culture, that privacy should be respected.

I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.

For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.

I believe in my privacy. I always have, and I always will. I don't think that my private life needs to be on display for me to get a better response at the box office or for me to get a better choice of movies.

I really fight for my privacy.

I do think, even though you are a public figure, I do think you should be entitled to your privacy, and I do think that there are things that go on in relationships and behind closed doors that are completely private.

I don't think you have the right to shout about other people's private life.

I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private.

It’s an unfortunate and wonderful characteristic of America that we protect privacy for no reason.

I like my privacy as much as the next one, but I am compelled to admit that government has a right to invade it unless prohibited by some specific Constitutional provision.

Even people in public life are entitled to some zone of privacy.

I love my garden. I love my privacy. I'm very fierce about it. I try not to let too many people into my home. That's my private place.

I believe in a zone of privacy.