![The privacy and dignity of our citizens [are] being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen - a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of a life.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-privacy-and-dignity-of-our-citizens-are-being-whittled-away-by-sometimes-im.jpg)
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taken class littles
I cook a little - I've never taken classes or anything - but enough to get by. Andy Roddick
taken thinking government
If I were to be taken hostage, I would not plead for release nor would I want my government to be blackmailed. I think certain government officials, industrialists and celebrated persons should make it clear they are prepared to be sacrificed if taken hostage. If that were done, what gain would there be for terrorists in taking hostages? Margaret Mead
taken names surprise
Cowardece is often just another name for being taken by surprise. Gregory David Roberts
taken procrastination maturity
One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for. Hugh Prather
taken thinking crackpots
Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in. Harry S Truman
taken home hands
Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act. Roger Wicker
taken singing done
I don't feel like singing should be taken lightly. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it's coming along. Wes Borland
taken aspect ruined
Music has completely taken over every aspect of my life and ruined everything.
taken sleep men
Sin is not taken out of man, as Eve was out of Adam, by putting him to sleep. Wendell Phillips
government firsts students
At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon found that the Senate hadbut one fixed rule, subject to exceptions of course, which was to the effect that the Senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever it wanted to do it. Calvin Coolidge
government air law
There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself. Daniel Inouye
government television monopoly
Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant. David Attenborough
government law political
A representative form of government rests nor more on political contributions than on those laws which regulate the descent and transmission of property. Daniel Webster
government needs not-afraid
I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know. Ann Richards
government firsts first-amendment
The First Amendment is about how we govern ourselves - not about how we titillate ourselves sexually. Robert Bork
government alternatives failing
The American press is extraordinarily free and vigorous, as it should be. It should be, not because it is free of inaccuracy, oversimplification and bias, but because the alternative to that freedom is worse than those failings.
government law leader
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power. Thomas More
government evil necessary-evil
Government is a necessary evil Thomas Paine
secret world weight
Money is a result, wealth is a result, health is a result, illness is a result, your weight is a result. We live in a world of cause and effect. T. Harv Eker
secret owing favors
The Galilean is not a favorite of mine. So far from owing him any thanks for his favor, I cannot avoid confessing that I owe a secret grudge to his carpentership. Percy Bysshe Shelley
secret kept-secrets register
All registers which, it is acknowledged, ought to be kept secret, ought certainly never to exist. Adam Smith