Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The mind of a wise man is the safest custody of secrets; cheerfulness is the key to friendship; patience and forbearance will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thy soul shall find itself alone ’Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone— Not one, of all the crowd, to pry Into… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Abuse of any kind thrives off secrecy. I felt like if I started talking about it, maybe other people would. I wanted… — Chris Witty Copy Share Image
The White House is the leakiest place I've ever been in. (On special measures to ensure secrecy of plans to bomb Libya) — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Atomic Age was born in secrecy, and for two decades after Hiroshima, the high priests of the cult of the atom… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
Given the pervasive secrecy of the Bush-Cheney administration, and the sorry consequences of that disposition, President Barack Obama's early emphasis on openness… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
There was reason for STILLMAN'S EXTREME SECRECY. HE WAS PREPARING TO EXTEND THE CITY BANK'S POWER OVER THE EARTH AND FULLY RECOGNIZED… — George B. Cortelyou Copy Share Image
Wikileaks is providing information on what ambassadors are sending to Washington and things like that. Maybe some of that has a right… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's important to be transparent, to remove secrecy from issues of equality. — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
There are many matters and many circumstances in which consciousness is undesirable and silence is golden, so that secrecy can be used… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
The secrecy surrounding wealth and the anxiety of talking about money is absurd. If you are rich and you live well and… — Jamie Johnson Copy Share Image
The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it. — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
The Oscar is the fantasy that you're afraid to believe in, but in the secrecy of your little dark room, you dream… — Terrence Howard Copy Share Image
Instead of looking at books and pictures about the New Testament I looked at the New Testament. There I found an account,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“No matter how secret a particular satellite was, it had to obey the same laws of physics as the rest of the… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
Candidate Obama was either exceptionally naive or willfully disingenuous when he vowed to change the way Washington works. The very promise of… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
