Abuse of power Quote by Glenn Greenwald

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

— Glenn Greenwald

“I am not alone in the conviction that real, lasting national security can best be obtained through complete transparency of government, business, and other…

— Robert David Steele

“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

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it.…

— Rachel Maddow

“The only people in the world allowed to keep real secrets are the security organisations owned by governments.”

— D.C. Stansfield

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

“knew from my years of writing about NSA abuses that it can be hard to generate serious concern about secret state surveillance: invasion of…

— Glenn Greenwald

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

— Heather Brooke

Following well-established national security screening procedures and accurately informing Congress about them is not a joke or a political game. It is essential to…

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

“No, It's not fair. But I was thinking more along the lines of the Pentagon and Washington itself. Sometimes I suspect that those who…

— Marge Piercy

“The dangerous secrets used to be held outside the government. Plots, conspiracies, secrets of revolution, secrets of the end of the social order. Now…

— Don DeLillo

Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

— William Proxmire