Secrecy Quotes – City of Quotes

The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.

Stewart Udall

The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.

Stewart Udall

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The United States is paradise compared to China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba, with regard to the press. And with regard to secrecy and transparency.

Rudy Giuliani

The United States is paradise compared to China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba, with regard to the press. And with regard to secrecy and transparency.

Rudy Giuliani

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Secrecy can be sexy. It’s essential to any good mystery novel.

Heather Brooke

Secrecy can be sexy. It’s essential to any good mystery novel.

Heather Brooke

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Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

Heather Brooke

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

Heather Brooke

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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

Kate Adie

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

Kate Adie

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Oh, well, there’s a difference between privacy and secrecy.

Laura Schlessinger

Oh, well, there’s a difference between privacy and secrecy.

Laura Schlessinger

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From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.

George McGovern

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.

George McGovern

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Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

Elia Kazan

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

Elia Kazan

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The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we’ll probably spend years learning about.

Timothy Noah

The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we’ll probably spend years learning about.

Timothy Noah

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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.

Ian Hacking

Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.

Ian Hacking

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Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.

Jill Lepore

Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.

Jill Lepore

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I can assure you that I’m not very close to Hillary Clinton. I think she’s disqualified herself from Commander-in-Chief by her cavalier attitude towards our nation’s secrecy laws.

Tom Cotton

I can assure you that I’m not very close to Hillary Clinton. I think she’s disqualified herself from Commander-in-Chief by her cavalier attitude towards our nation’s secrecy laws.

Tom Cotton

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Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want and need to know and what they actually do know. The greater the secrecy, the more likely a leak.

Heather Brooke

Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want and need to know and what they actually do know. The greater the secrecy, the more likely a leak.

Heather Brooke

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In the traditional academic literature, secrecy is thought of as a set of bureaucratic operations – hiding files and hiding information, that sort of thing.

Trevor Paglen

In the traditional academic literature, secrecy is thought of as a set of bureaucratic operations – hiding files and hiding information, that sort of thing.

Trevor Paglen

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Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there’s no need for secrecy.

Donna Tartt

Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there’s no need for secrecy.

Donna Tartt

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#secrecy 15

The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.

The United States is paradise compared to China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba, with regard to the press. And with regard to secrecy and transparency.

Secrecy can be sexy. It’s essential to any good mystery novel.

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

Oh, well, there’s a difference between privacy and secrecy.

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we’ll probably spend years learning about.

Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.

Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.

I can assure you that I’m not very close to Hillary Clinton. I think she’s disqualified herself from Commander-in-Chief by her cavalier attitude towards our nation’s secrecy laws.

Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want and need to know and what they actually do know. The greater the secrecy, the more likely a leak.

In the traditional academic literature, secrecy is thought of as a set of bureaucratic operations – hiding files and hiding information, that sort of thing.

Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there’s no need for secrecy.