The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilised read more

The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilised man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected.

Gentlemen do not read each other's mail.

Gentlemen do not read each other's mail.

I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces.

I've always been very zealous about not invading other people's private spaces.

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a read more

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing -- the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions-a realm read more

There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions-a realm of his own essential rights and liberties into which the law, generally speaking, must not intrude.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.