Secrecy Quotes

254 quotes by 207 authors

For nearly 2,000 years of Christian civilization, taking the life of an unborn child was regarded as a vile and heinous moral offense which degraded… — Unknown Author
We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union. — Adam Weishaupt
For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence; for thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers,… — Adam Weishaupt
Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared. — Sissela Bok
We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers… — Sissela Bok
Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other. It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in fact… — Josh Marshall
The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy in which he lived and, probably, the bank vaults he… — Jimmy Breslin
We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That… — Wangari Maathai
My activities, for which I gratefully accept this Award, are today what they have been for over thirty-five years and will be for the rest… — Daniel Ellsberg
Nuclear weapons production and testing has involved extensive health and environmental damage .... One of the most remarkable features of this damage has been the… — Arjun Makhijani
Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending… — Rowan Williams
In Russia everything is a secret, but there is no secrecy. — Robert K. Massie
Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we love. — Mary Alice Monroe
There was reason for STILLMAN'S EXTREME SECRECY. HE WAS PREPARING TO EXTEND THE CITY BANK'S POWER OVER THE EARTH AND FULLY RECOGNIZED THAT THIS AMBITION… — George B. Cortelyou
We live in an age of confusion and thirst in which the advantages of communication are greater than those of secrecy. — Frithjof Schuon
Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not to… — Noam Chomsky
Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy. — Ramsey Clark
Secrecy is the original sin. The fig leaf in the Garden of Eden. The basic crime against love. — Timothy Leary
The secrecy of Masonry is an honorable secrecy; any good man may ask for her secrets; those who are worthy will receive them. To give… — William Howard Taft

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