Quotes About Secrecy

When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry.

No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.

Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government.

The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works

I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light.

It is inconceivable that a secret arm of the government has to comply with all the overt orders of the government.

The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything.

Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not to protect the country from enemies.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

There is a government within the government who controll this and i do not controll it

Sarah, there's a government inside the government, and I don't control it.

I don't necessarily believe in aliens coming to the States, and I don't buy into the government cover-up.

Of course it is possible that UFO's really do contain aliens as many people believe, and the government is hushing it up

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

Governments are moved by numbers, and the greater the number of people who admit that they believe, the greater the likelihood that the secret - if there is one being kept - will be revealed.

A great writer is, so to speak, a secret government in his country

In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.

The only thing government does better than killing is lying and covering things up.

I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions, and that the return of this information to the public marks my end.

I think we're on too many government watch lists. We'd better let this one go.

As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.

Let me say this: I'm paranoid of the government. They've lost my trust. They've lied to me so many times that I don't know what to believe from them anymore.

Leaks are good. There is too much secrecy in our government. Sometimes the government knows about a problem and it takes a leak to embarrass the bureaucracy and get them to do something about it.