Democratic Quote by Harry S. Truman

Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

— Harry S. Truman

“When in doubt, the Founding Fathers preferred that our government do nothing. We’re usually safest when it does. The scariest words someone can hear…

— Eric Bolling

The government's instinct is to shroud itself in secrecy - to act like the office of a president instead of as a collective cabinet…

— Charles Kennedy

“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

It's time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James Madison said, We base all…

— Ronald Reagan

And since our country's founding, we've tried to keep government's heavy hand out of our personal lives, while ensuring that we do the most…

— Joe Biden

For years we've been told by secretive power hoarders we need to compromise some of our hot freedom for security. Civil Libertarians have always…

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of…

— John Ashcroft

The founding fathers never once rationalized getting in power and having control so they could stay in power.

— Tom Coburn

We are living in a time when the very integrity of the Constitution is being threatened daily, from federal bailouts to federal assumption of…

— David Limbaugh

A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to…

— James Bovard

In that kind of environment, where there's so much skepticism about information that's coming in, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time…

— Barack Obama