What is mine, even to my life, is hers I love; but the secret of my friend is not mine! — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
I vow and protest there's more plague than pleasure with a secret. — George Colman the Elder Copy Share Image
Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
The discourses of the table among true loving friends are held in strict silence. — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue… — William Stanley Jevons 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
Opinions become dangerous to a state only when persecution makes it necessary for the people to communicate their ideas under the bond… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
He that discovers himself, till he hath made himself master of his desires, lays himself open to his own ruin, and makes… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
There is a very intense culture of secrecy in Britain that hasn't yet been dismantled. What passes for transparency here would serve… — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Most child welfare agencies tend to embrace secrecy because the people who lead them tend to be mediocre and don't want you… — Richard Wexler Copy Share Image
Once the Xerox copier was invented, private diplomacy died. There's no such thing as secrecy. It's just a question of whether it's… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
I am a private person; I think that's important if you're an actor. But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and… — Andrew Scott Copy Share Image
The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator, have… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot tolerate having words wrapped around it. What it craves is secrecy, silence, and judgment. If… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Freedom from the cloak of secrecy is integral to a teaching that gives primacy to direct experience, inviting each individual to test… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
Secrecy is the underlying mistake that makes every innovation go wrong in Michael Crichton novels and films! If AI happens in the… — David Brin Copy Share Image
One of the things I think is really problematic about something like [government] spyware is that it isn't transparent - because of… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Secrecy of design, when combined with rapidity of execution, like me column that guided Israel in the deserts, becomes the guardian pillar… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
To tell your own secrets is generally folly, but that folly is without guilt; to communicate those with which we are intrusted… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the defense of privacy… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Where would we in Washington and we in America be without the Center? We would know much less about the workings of… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I think it's something that the citizenry needs to be vigilant about - participating in democracy, and that includes issues like what's… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has… — Alfred Kinsey Copy Share Image
Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
In our culture privacy is often confused with secrecy. Open, honest, truth-telling individuals value privacy. We all need spaces where we can… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
[T]he democratic principle of "one man, one vote," viewed against a background of voting masses numbering several millions, only serves to demonstrate… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
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