Behave Quote by Peter Singer

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

I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself.

— Daniel Schorr

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

A government by secrecy benefits no one. It injures the people it seeks to serve; it damages its own integrity and operation. It breeds…

— Russell B. Long

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

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

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

— Donald Rumsfeld

“Because secrecy can become an addiction. That's been a problem as long as people have tried to covet power for themselves. Sure, governments need…

— Jonathan Maberry

I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.

— Jay Weatherill

Governments want to control information. To do this, they have elaborate systems for promoting themselves via propaganda departments and for ensuring confidentiality with official-secrets…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

What we've seen in government for so often is that people have been shady - about their roles, hiding things, not releasing things.

— Sean Spicer

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