Secrecy Quotes
254 Secrecy quotes by 207 unique authors
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Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame loves…
— Brené Brown
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The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness.
— Edward Teller
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The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It…
— Stewart Udall
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Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.
— Heather Brooke
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Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want and need to know and what they actually…
— Heather Brooke
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Being connected to the Internet means being vulnerable to coordinated actions that can knock down walls of secrecy and shatter mechanisms of control.
— Jamais Cascio
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Eating disorders are shrouded in secrecy, and there are so many things I felt very ashamed of that I could never talk about. Even though…
— Portia de Rossi
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The United States is paradise compared to China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba, with regard to the press. And with regard to secrecy and transparency.
— Rudy Giuliani
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Many of the benefits from keeping terrorism fear levels high are obvious. Private corporations suck up massive amounts of Homeland Security cash as long as…
— Glenn Greenwald
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The principle of plural marriage was revealed to the Mormons amid much secrecy. Dark clouds hovered over the church in the early 1840s, after rumors…
— Scott Anderson
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Mormonism was born amid secrecy, and throughout its existence as a religion it has sustained a close yet complex relationship to the arts of silence.
— Noah Feldman
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Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.
— Noam Chomsky
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
— Ira Sachs
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Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.
— Jill Lepore
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As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the defense of privacy follows, and never…
— Jill Lepore
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Secrecy is the foundation of politics.
— Bing Gordon
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The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed.
— DeWitt Clinton
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At that time we were very definitely told that under no circumstances should there be any secret chapters or any other secrecy in the life…
— Fritz Sauckel
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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State.
— Cardinal Richelieu
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Cruelty has a human heart, and jealousy a human face. Terror, the human form divine, And secrecy, the human dress.
— William Blake
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If you put shame in a Petri dish, it needs three things to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence and judgment.
— Suman Rai
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I keep thinking of how much I love talking to you, who would have thought staying up until 7am SOBER, just talking would be so…
— Kaytee Anna
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Jade you swear to secrecy for the sake of our kind? I cleared my throat. Yes. The ground feeling rough under my back. You are…
— Unknown Author
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They work in secrecy. I can't get any information. You can't find out anything until they get out to the floor. And it's hard to…
— John William McCormack
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You four are different in ways the surface dwellers would never understand. To survive, you must master these skills I teach you. Ninjitsu powers of…
— Master Splinter
Who Wrote These Secrecy Quotes
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