Top Private Quotes
The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
Martin Van Buren
I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business.
Chester A. Arthur
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.
Joseph Campbell
It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.
Portia de Rossi
If your partner wants to be private, you have to respect that.
Billie Jean King
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It's not government's business what people do in their private bedrooms.
Robert Reich 
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Ron allowed us to see right away the private piece of a person about to become very public. I suspect we're going to see more of her very private world - Laura's private experience. I'm not sure yet how public she's going to be about the actions she's going to have to take.
Mary McDonnell
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Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech.
Samuel Alito
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No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life.
Thomas Dewey
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Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain.
Elizabeth Bowen
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Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
Felix Adler
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Every president thinks that all information that comes to the White House is their private preserve after they all promise an open administration on the campaign trail, but some are more secretive than others. Some want to lock down everything.
Helen Thomas
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I am very adamant about keeping my private life private. I don't prefer to talk about my family.
Luis Miguel
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I responded that we needed a private sector to improve the market situation and make peoples lives easier.
Alexander Dubcek
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