#ostensible

That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness. ↗

— Henry Knox

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Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

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Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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