Political, social, and economic changes entail the recognition of new rights, and the common law, in its eternal youth, grows to meet the demands of society... Now the right to life has come to mean the right to enjoy life, — the right to be let alone; the right to liberty secures the exercise of extensive civil privileges; and the term "property" has grown to comprise every possession — intangible, as well as tangible.
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Brandeis, Louis D and Samuel D. Warren. "The Right to Privacy." Harvard Law Review, 15 Dec. 1890.
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