Abuse Quote by Glenn Greenwald

“The lesson for me was clear: national security officials do not like the light. They act abusively and thuggishly only when they believe they…

— Glenn Greenwald

Secrecy was the problem; transparency the obvious cure.

— Robert J. Sawyer

Secrecy is the soul of all great designs. Perhaps more has been effected by concealing our own intentions than by discovering those of our…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Secrecy is the foundation of politics.

— Bing Gordon

Secrecy doesn't attach to particular parties; it attaches to power. All of the bull work is in place for whomever succeeds. That's my concern.

— Ted Gup

Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.

— Ian Hacking

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

Secrecy is for losers. . . . It is time to dismantle government secrecy, this most persuasive of Cold War-era regulations. It is time…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

“Secrecy is like oxygen to politicians and defense forces; there’s always got to be some of it to keep them going.”

— Peter F. Hamilton

I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The…

— Oscar Wilde

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

Secrecy is a vacuum and nothing fills a vacuum like paranoid speculation.

— Max Brooks