The makers of our constitution
undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness
They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations
They conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone
the most comprehensive of the rights and the right most valued by civilized men..
~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis ~ (1856-1941)
US Supreme Court Justice
Source.. Olmstead v. United States, 1928