David Blunkett Quotes

People don't object to spying on the grounds that the secret dossier about them might be full of errors. They object to spying because it's spying.

Privacy isn't negotiable. It's the right of every American.

There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced.

I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people.

Privacy, in my point of view, is a civil liberty that our Founding Fathers thought of a long time ago and concluded ... was an essential part of what it was to be an American.

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

The right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free society and shall not be infringed without the showing of a compelling state interest.

The federal government has no right to treat all Americans as criminals by spying on their relationship with their doctors, employers, or bankers.

If we give up all our privacy rights, have we become any safer?

Certainly I support the Constitution, and I respect people's privacy, but I also think we need to err on the side of protecting us.

Our need for public safety and our need for privacy are crashing into each other and we've got to sort that out.

A crucial question is how to balance surveillance with privacy and keeping Americans safe.

Right to privacy is really important. You pull that brick out and another and pretty soon the house falls.

Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.

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

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused.

The right to personal privacy is precious. Without it, we are all potential victims for a prying secret police.

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.

Personal privacy is a closely held American value.

Is privacy about government security agents decrypting your e-mail and then kicking down the front door with their jackboots? Or is it about telemarketers interrupting your supper with cold calls? It depends. Mainly, of course, it depends on whether you live in a totalitarian or a free society.

I really fight for my privacy.

One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.

I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world.

I have nothing to hide!