David Brin Quotes

I think privacy is valuable. You don't have to share everything, and it's healthy to occasionally hit the pause button and ask yourself if you're oversharing. But at the end of the day, if you're not doing anything wrong, you don't have anything to hide.

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

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

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

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

Oh, well, there's a difference between privacy and secrecy.

I don't see myself as a hero because what I'm doing is self-interested: I don't want to live in a world where there's no privacy and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity.

We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.

Any privacy in public is a hard thing to negotiate.

But the time has come for journalists to acknowledge that a zone of privacy does exist.

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.

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.

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 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 have nothing to hide!

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.

I am a deeply committed conservative who wants to keep maximal privacy for every U.S. citizen.

Hopefully, people will look at our stance on privacy in general and know that we're not trying to operate outside of a fairly distinct line that we're drawing. I hope that people trust us to do the right thing there.

The idea of a private life has been eroded in the sphere of politics.

People love WikiLeaks when it is exposing corruption in their opponents. People oppose WikiLeaks when it is exposing corruption or dangerous behavior in themselves.

At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right and it is a very serious matter.

To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.

Privacy may actually be an anomaly.

I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature.