“The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we're getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.” WayGivingProblemBigsGovernmentAmericaKnowingInformationBalanceSafeProgramWeightTerroristPrivacyTransparencySurveillanceBig Problems Author:Al Franken
“In a democracy it is ultimately for us, the citizens, to judge where to place the balance between security and privacy, safety and liberty. It's our lives and liberties that are threatened, not only by terrorism but also by massive depredations of our privacy in the name of counter-terrorism. If those companies from which governments actually take most of our intimate details want to show that they are still on the side of the angels, they had better join this struggle for transparency too.” IfsWantStillsShowsGovernmentNamesSidesCompanyLibertyStruggleDemocracyOur LivesSecurityJudgingBalanceCitizensAngelSafetyDetailsTerrorismIntimatePrivacyMassiveThreatenedTransparencyCounter Terrorism Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy and zero inconvenience.... In the abstract you can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details then I think we've struck the right balance.” ThinkingLooksImportantBigsRunningSecurityBrotherBalanceProgramDetailsComplainingAbstractPrivacyZeroCentsNsaInconvenience Author:Barack Obama
“One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need to keep the American people safe and our concerns about privacy. Because there are some trade-offs involved. I welcome this debate, and I think it's healthy for our democracy.” PeopleThinkingNeedsDemocracyBalanceInvolvedHealthySafeConcernTradeDebateWelcomePrivacyNsaTrade Offs Author:Barack Obama
“My Dad used to say that the balance of the world relied on all of the monks who were living outside of society in creative isolation. I don't quite understand the ascetic life or the private life or the monastic private life. But I definitely understand privacy's value.” WorldUsedValuesCreativeBalanceDadMy DadIsolationPrivacyMonkPrivate Life Author:Sufjan Stevens
“A crucial question is how to balance surveillance with privacy and keeping Americans safe.” BalanceSafePrivacyCrucialSurveillance Author:Dana Bash
“I was very much influenced by a great book by the scholar Neil Richards called Intellectual Privacy, that [Louis] Brandeis changed his mind on the proper balance between dignity and free speech.” MindBookChangedBalanceSpeechIntellectualDignityPrivacyScholarFree SpeechGreat BookLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor has been a guardian of the protections the Constitution provides the American people. She's come to provide balance and a check on government intrusion into our personal privacy and freedoms.” PeopleHas BeensGovernmentJusticeBalanceConstitutionProtectionChecksPrivacyGuardianIntrusionSandra Day O ConnorPersonal PrivacyPrivacy And Freedom Author:Patrick Leahy
“History has shown that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did, in fact, dramatically change the balance of the court in many critical areas, such as abortion, the privacy debate expansion and child pornography.” ChildrenFactsJusticeBalanceAreasCourtCriticalDebateAbortionPrivacyExpansionPornographyRuth Author:Sam Brownback
“I love my privacy too, but at the end of the day, when it comes down to it with my woman, I call her a "special cloth alert." She's a rare breed and I love her and I don't ever want her to change because I think that's the balance of my relationship.” ThinkingWantEndsSpecialBalanceThe End Of The DayPrivacy Author:DJ Khaled
“We do have to balance this issue of privacy and security. Those who pretend that there's no balance that has to be struck and think we can take a 100-percent absolutist approach to protecting privacy don't recognize that governments are going to be under an enormous burden to prevent the kinds of terrorist acts that not only harm individuals, but also can distort our society and our politics in very dangerous ways.” ThinkingWayKindGovernmentIndividualIssuesSecurityDangerousBalanceApproachPercentBurdenHarmTerroristEnormousPrivacyOur SocietyPrivacy And Security Author:Barack Obama