#rve

It is a fundamental principle of American democracy that laws should not be public only when it is convenient for government officials to make them public. They should be public all the time, open to review by adversarial courts, and subject to change by an accountable legislature guided by an informed public. If Americans are not able to learn how their government is interpreting and executing the law then we have effectively eliminated the most important bulwark of our democracy. That’s why, even at the height of the Cold War, when the argument for absolute secrecy was at its zenith, Congress chose to make US surveillance laws public. Without public laws, and public court rulings interpreting those laws, it is impossible to have informed public debate. And when the American people are in the dark, they can’t make fully informed decisions about who should represent them, or protest policies that they disagree with. These are fundamentals. It’s Civics 101. And secret law violates those basic principles. It has no place in America. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#law #national-security #secrets #surveillance #change

I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society. ↗

— Virginia Gildersleeve

#bite #chance #college #democratic #democratic society

I have the restaurant, too. I serve Southwest, barbecue. ↗

— Mickey Gilley

#i #restaurant #serve #southwest #too

It's better to star in Oshkosh than to starve on Broadway. ↗

— James Gleason

#broadway #star #starve #than

Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford. ↗

— Arthur Goldberg

#age #cannot #illusion #law #menace

There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is certain documentation that do deserve protection, that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

#certain #certain kinds #courts #deserve #documentation

There are lots of businesses that are well in excess of $9 billion that have gone into bankruptcy, that have been mismanaged. And that has not served anyone very well. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#bankruptcy #been #billion #businesses #excess

The current neglect of the problem can only irritate this deplorable state of affairs. The Black Muslims should constitute a warning to our society, a warning that must be heeded if we are to preserve the society. ↗

— Andrew Goodman

#black #constitute #current #deplorable #heeded

Broadcasters have a responsibility to serve the public interest and protect Americans from objectionable content, particularly during the hours when children are likely to be watching. ↗

— Bart Gordon

#children #content #during #hours #interest

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them. ↗

— Robert Graves

#despair #exceeds #far #girl #good