Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order, to efficiency of operation, to scientific advancement and the like.
William O. Douglas
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Wake every morning with the same feeling. Live up high and fly on top of the ceiling. I just know th... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Seeing eye to an eye is a must, especially when there lies a case, or an intent, to meet; even by in... PRIYAVRAT THAREJA The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The dedication and hard work of our employees to improve the efficiency of this operation was unable... SAM MORRIS We understand the reasons why the Egyptian government would like to modernize its defense forces in ... MOSHE ARENS I still had this idea that there was a whole world of marvelous golden people somewhere, as far ahea... RICHARD YATES Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH To be or not to be that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number ... NEAL BOORTZ The Republic of Korea, an impoverished and devastated nation over a half-century ago, now has one of... DONALD RUMSFELD Never underestimate the power of giving a book! CARMELA DUTRA One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is... R.J. GONZALES Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell. DEYTH BANGER This is increasingly important in the financial services sector, where security is paramount. ANDREW GORDON Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY The Internet Security Threat Report. Attackers are launching increasingly sophisticated attacks in a... ARTHUR WONG Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward. ERIC ROTH You're afraid of getting hurt like I'm afraid to die. It doesn't mean I'm not going to live every da... VI KEELAND Wesley Rush doesn't chase girls, but I'm chasing you. KODY KEPLINGER I turn and kick with the first one and feel myself being lifted and thrown towards the beach. It's l... MARK SMITH What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough ... DOUGLAS ADAMS One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit o... DOUGLAS ADAMS There are different paths to your destination. Choose your own path. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Were you there?” She shook her head. “No. I was here in Nain having a child.” �... FRANCINE RIVERS May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Investing in their business in order to put in place an infrastructure of the Amazon of tomorrow is ... DAVID GARRITY I think it's fair to say that, even in the absence of legislation, we've had widespread adoption of ... TREVOR HUGHES I can't help the look of accusation in your eyes LULLABY TO AN ANXIOUS CHILD Anything man can make, man can destroy. JONATHAN ANTHONY BURKETT Consumers are going to increasingly weigh the importance of fuel efficiency. But if they need, in th... BOB SCHNORBUS Judge not lest ye be judged. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW Creativity is not just thinking outside the box but living outside it. VICTOR SHAMAS Dare to seize all the opportunities on your paths. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The problem with privacy cases is that most privacy plaintiffs have to give up their privacy. In ord... CHRIS HOOFNAGLE Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that ... KAREN HACKEL I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool. EMM COLE We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can. KAREN TODD SCARPULLA Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other,... IMMANUEL KANT The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE Sometimes it took death for me to see life, don't live with regrets keep your head high. In a ... PUERTO RICAN PRINCESS Then you've made the only choice. But there's a penalty attached, as there is to most things you wan... MARGARET MITCHELL In order to keep pace with security threats and increasingly complex compliance requirements, enterp... CHRIS BABEL Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke... JUNE JORDAN Therefore, the government will launch an operation to enforce the law against the practice. INDUSTRY MINISTER FAHMI IDRIS The passenger liner Ossifar Distana was one of the most luxurious of its kind in space anywhere. It ... CHRISTINA ENGELA We sang the song as children of the mystery that we hoped to one day comprehend and now, at last, we... MISHI MCCOY If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us... ANTHONY LICCIONE Life is a competition to eliminate fear and doubts to double our life to live better not bitter in t... NAZIM AMBALATH The private sector is motivated by profit and efficiency and the US government often is not. ERIC ANDERSON The private sector is motivated by profit and efficiency and the US government often is not. ERIC C. ANDERSON It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage chang... LEON C. MEGGINSON To question reason is to trust it. MITCH STOKES The growing focus on privacy at both state and federal levels has resulted in an increasingly rapid ... BRAD SMITH I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH I don't spend a lot of time asking "WHY?" Instead I focus on what I should do now or how I should re... JEFF DIXON-THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the... MICHAEL HARRIS Dare to seize and make the most of all opportunities that life bring to your path. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA There is only one true aristocracy . . . and that is the aristocracy of passionate souls! TENNESSEE WILLIAMS We now find ourselves in a space race of our own. (This is) an increasingly volatile and aggressive ... ALLAN BELL Advocacy groups in the USA, as in other countries, may not be able to silence this hateful, cowardly... CHRISTINA ENGELA Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON - Mrzim sve što je odricanje! - Ni ja, Ivane, ne pristajem da se odričem. Ja hoću ceo, sav, ... DOBRICA ĆOSIć In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terr... DOUGLAS ADAMS To make one mistake, and then fix it. It shows, a sign that you have understood the lesson. DEYTH BANGER She was restless. She drove a little too fast, swam a little too far offshore. She hitchhiked. She s... ELIZABETH WINDER Boring people live boring lives. HABEEB AKANDE Can I buy you a drink when you get off?" "I don't drink. Alcohol is bad for my legs." ERIC JEROME DICKEY He'd never forget what Naasir had said to him when Dmitri yelled that he didn't intend to bury anoth... NALINI SINGH Seeking survival, hostile, hidden from sight, Deliciously flavoured - juicy, sweet bite, E... CLAUDIA BAKKER He muttered something foul and then climbed the stairs, rapping twice on Timmie’s door. “Ri... JEANIENE FROST An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, a... ORSON PRATT Given a high likelihood of a slowing economy, moderating demand from the service provider sector, an... CHRISTOPHER STIX when you disobey the rule, you sell your freedom. You cripple your real you. The daily direction of ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
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HENRY We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us. O. HENRY All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the soci... O. HENRY There's definitely some parallels between me and Joaquin Phoenix, I think. The line gets so blur... STEVE-O Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citiz... O. HENRY Almost as soon as I went vegan, people started telling me that my skin looked great, and that I appe... STEVE-O I never contemplated any kind of existence or identity after my career. I never thought at some poin... STEVE-O The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling ... O. HENRY The psychiatric ward was a really creepy place and, hindsight being 20/20, the creepiest thing about... STEVE-O I started out making skateboard videos. Soon, it dawned on me I just wasn't that great at skateb... STEVE-O She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim owne... O. HENRY It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York. O. HENRY Life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles, with sniffles predominating. O. HENRY It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are. O. HENRY A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows. O. HENRY Christmas Isn't About Receiving, Its About Giving. EZEKIEL O Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take... O. HENRY When I was fifteen years old, my dad won a video camera in a corporate golf tournament. I snatched i... STEVE-O Abuse yourself all you want - just leave animals out of it. Don't wear fur. STEVE-O Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675 It is not necessary to maintain a conversati... O. HALLESBY Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of... O. HENRY What brings you closer to God is being in service to others. I think any religion or spiritual way o... STEVE-O I have a rescue dog named Walter, and Walter and I are such fans of the 'Jersey Shore' that ... STEVE-O