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> [If people stop having secrets they stop having power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lynn/if-people-stop-having-secrets-they-stop-having-power/)

[Jonathan Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lynn/)

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## More by Jonathan Lynn

> [You've only got to be in public life for about a week before you start to question if the newspapers are even giving you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lynn/you-ve-only-got-to-be-in-public-life-for-about-a-week-before-you/)

[Jonathan Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lynn/)

> [Being a journalist, Hacker had no particular talent for reporting facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lynn/being-a-journalist-hacker-had-no-particular-talent-for-reporting-facts/)

[Jonathan Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lynn/)

> [If people stop having secrets they stop having power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lynn/if-people-stop-having-secrets-they-stop-having-power/)

[Jonathan Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lynn/)

> [“I haven't got a gun you homicidal pillock!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lynn/i-haven-t-got-a-gun-you-homicidal-pillock/)

[Jonathan Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lynn/)

> [“Mrs Hacker was the only woman present. They’d made her a sort of honorary man for the evening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lynn/mrs-hacker-was-the-only-woman-present-they-d-made-her-a-sort-of/)

[Jonathan Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lynn/)

> [Stalin didn't write any memoirs. He was too secretive. He was afraid people might read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lynn/stalin-didn-t-write-any-memoirs-he-was-too-secretive-he-was-afraid/)

[Jonathan Lynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lynn/)

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