Care Quote by Daniel Schorr

It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.

— Donald Rumsfeld

It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States. Virtually everything that government does, of any significance, is conducted…

— Glenn Greenwald

Confidentiality is the nature of all governments. Of course you may say, the government will always want to communicate the good news; things which…

— Bernard Ingham

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely…

— Peter Singer

Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not…

— Noam Chomsky

Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.

— Glenn Greenwald

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society. ... There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation…

— John F. Kennedy

The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret…

— John F. Kennedy

I am shocked by the easy attitude of many in the media towards disclosing our Nation's secrets.

— Todd Tiahrt

One of the problems we have as a government is our inability to keep secrets. And it costs us, in terms of our relationship…

— Dick Cheney

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

— Heather Brooke

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

— Kate Adie