American politics Quote by Jane Mayer

“For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of…

— John F. Kennedy

There's no faster way or surer way to consolidate power and disenfranchise critics than to operate in secret. So this plays squarely into the…

— Ted Gup

“I will say that again in a different way: the persistent unethical and ignorant emphasis on secrecy and on making decisions for partisan advantage…

— Robert David Steele

“when companies are not transparent, communities fear that such secrecy covers insincerity, dishonesty, and trickiness. Transparency”

— Luc Zandvliet

In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though…

— Breyten Breytenbach

“If you are going to hide yourself and you will not stand against the work of the bad people, you have given them an…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.”

— Suetonius

“Center for Public Integrity, however, it was in fact a new kind of weapon in the arsenal of several of America’s biggest businesses—a fake…

— Jane Mayer

“In addition, he and his subordinates have repeatedly, systematically and willfully provided Congress and the American people with false information about matters of grave…

— Andrew McCarthy

To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself.

— Duncan Green

“The White House is controlled by the clandestine mind, operators who have instigated military coup d’états and military dictatorships elsewhere. They have determined that…

— Mae Brussell

“If the journalist is secretly the tool of some invisible public relations machine or vested commercial interest it is the public whose interest is…

— Ian Hargreaves