Mike Pompeo Quotes

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.

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.

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 issue of wiretapping raises the issue of the balance between human liberty and the requirements of national security. I would say that the weight should be on the side of human liberty and that if human liberty is ever to be infringed, the demonstration on the national security side must be overwhelming.

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.

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 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?

I do not believe the government has the right to investigate somebody's private life.

I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!

The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.

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.

How to strike the right balance between our privacy and our expectation that the state will protect us and facilitate our freedom is one of the most difficult challenges facing us all.

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

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

I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security.

The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.

It doesn’t keep us safe and it doesn’t keep us free if we give up our liberties to the government.

We don’t have to choose between preserving privacy and preventing terrorism. We do have to decide how much oversight and accountability there should be when the government conducts surveillance on its citizens.

If you are an American, you can understand why people cannot go through your house and go through your files. By the same token, should they be able to go through them electronically?

If we take away all our privacy rights, we become our own terrorists.

The question is not whether granting the government [this] authority makes us incrementally safer, but whether the additional safety is worth the sacrifice in terms of individual privacy, personal liberty and public trust.

Our privacy, our rights as citizens - these are ideals that we Americans hold very dear.