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Secrecy Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein
- Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny
- Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to…
- Secrecy begets tyranny.
More Secrecy Quotes
- Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. — Jeremy Bentham
- The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness. — Niels Bohr
- While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive. — Sissela Bok
- While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters… — John O. Brennan
- Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious. — Thomas Carlyle
- Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public… — John le Carre
- The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy. — Carl von Clausewitz
- I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant… — Gilbert K. Chesterton