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> [Power has to be protected from scrutiny. That's the principle of every dictatorship, of every autocracy. You hear it from high priests at Harvard and every government department, that power has to be kept secret otherwise it will fade and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/power-has-to-be-protected-from-scrutiny-that-s-the-principle-of-every/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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