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Secrecy Quotes

Truth is literally that which is without secrecy, what discloses itself without a veil Picture Quote #1

Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy Picture Quote #1

Secrecy in suits goes a great way towards success Picture Quote #1

.... his silence he has indicated that he is willing. He hasn't the strength any more, the excess vitality, for an affair - its danger, its demand performances, the secrecy added like a filigree to your normal life, your gnawing preoccupation with it and with the constant threat of its being discovered and ended Picture Quote #1

Cruelty has a human heart, and jealousy a human face; terror the human form divine, and secrecy the human dress Picture Quote #1

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news Picture Quote #1

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Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there's been a liberating force that's come from it Picture Quote #1

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes Picture Quote #1

Despotism alone can provide that atmosphere of secrecy which favors crooked dealing and enables the freebooters of finance to make illicit fortunes Picture Quote #1

Each of us when he appears before his fellows is clothed in a certain dignity. But every man knows what unconfessable things pass within the secrecy of his own heart Picture Quote #1

He felt the chill of her secrecy, numbing him, like a poison spreading quickly through his veins Picture Quote #1

Secrecy is the original sin. The fig leaf in the Garden of Eden. The basic crime against love Picture Quote #1

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Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it Picture Quote #1

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind Picture Quote #1

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness Picture Quote #1

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it Picture Quote #1

This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation Picture Quote #1

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it Picture Quote #1

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In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone Picture Quote #1

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect Picture Quote #1

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession Picture Quote #1

Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other. It’s a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in fact their own incompetence as the rationale for giving them yet more power Picture Quote #1

There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy Picture Quote #1

Everyone accepts that there are inevitably little areas of secrecy reserved for specialists; as regards things in general, many believe they are in on the secret Picture Quote #1

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In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one listens Picture Quote #1

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness Picture Quote #1

The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator, have been crushed in silence and secrecy by his own severe criticism and adverse examination! Picture Quote #1

We cannot by ourselves reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world, but we are doing what has to be done all over the world if those weapons are one day to be eliminated. We will not contemplate any circumstance in which their possession or threatened use is justified. We reject the secrecy and hypocrisy which surrounds the continuing refinement of the technology Picture Quote #1

It’s a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy Picture Quote #1

The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has become free from bewildered fear, despondent shame, or arrant hypocrisy. As long as sex is dealt with in the current confusion of ignorance and sophistication, denial and indulgence, suppression and stimulation, punishment and exploitation, secrecy and display, it will be associated with a duplicity and indecency that lead neither to intellectual honesty nor human dignity Picture Quote #1

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Truth is literally that which is without secrecy, what discloses itself without a veil (Secrecy Quotes) Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy (Secrecy Quotes) Secrecy in suits goes a great way towards success (Secrecy Quotes) .... his silence he has indicated that he is willing. He hasn't the strength any more, the excess vitality, for an affair - its danger, its demand performances, the secrecy added like a filigree to your normal life, your gnawing preoccupation with it and with the constant threat of its being discovered and ended (Secrecy Quotes) Cruelty has a human heart, and jealousy a human face; terror the human form divine, and secrecy the human dress (Secrecy Quotes) Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news (Secrecy Quotes) Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there's been a liberating force that's come from it (Secrecy Quotes) Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes (Secrecy Quotes) Despotism alone can provide that atmosphere of secrecy which favors crooked dealing and enables the freebooters of finance to make illicit fortunes (Secrecy Quotes) Each of us when he appears before his fellows is clothed in a certain dignity. But every man knows what unconfessable things pass within the secrecy of his own heart (Secrecy Quotes) He felt the chill of her secrecy, numbing him, like a poison spreading quickly through his veins (Secrecy Quotes) Secrecy is the original sin. The fig leaf in the Garden of Eden. The basic crime against love (Secrecy Quotes) Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it (Secrecy Quotes) In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind (Secrecy Quotes) The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness (Secrecy Quotes) Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it (Secrecy Quotes) This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation (Secrecy Quotes) The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it (Secrecy Quotes) In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone (Secrecy Quotes) We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect (Secrecy Quotes) Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession (Secrecy Quotes) Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other. It’s a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in fact their own incompetence as the rationale for giving them yet more power (Secrecy Quotes) There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy (Secrecy Quotes) Everyone accepts that there are inevitably little areas of secrecy reserved for specialists; as regards things in general, many believe they are in on the secret (Secrecy Quotes) In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure no one listens (Secrecy Quotes) The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness (Secrecy Quotes) The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator, have been crushed in silence and secrecy by his own severe criticism and adverse examination! (Secrecy Quotes) We cannot by ourselves reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world, but we are doing what has to be done all over the world if those weapons are one day to be eliminated. We will not contemplate any circumstance in which their possession or threatened use is justified. We reject the secrecy and hypocrisy which surrounds the continuing refinement of the technology (Secrecy Quotes) It’s a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy (Secrecy Quotes) The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature, he has become free from bewildered fear, despondent shame, or arrant hypocrisy. As long as sex is dealt with in the current confusion of ignorance and sophistication, denial and indulgence, suppression and stimulation, punishment and exploitation, secrecy and display, it will be associated with a duplicity and indecency that lead neither to intellectual honesty nor human dignity (Secrecy Quotes)

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