#secrecy

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America. ↗

— George McGovern

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So far as I know, there were no pains taken to preserve secrecy on this subject; that is, I saw no attempt made to keep any of the inmates of the Convent in ignorance of the murder of children. ↗

— Maria Monk

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Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of. ↗

— Bill Moyers

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There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#lies #like #much #nothing #others

Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State. ↗

— Duc De Richelieu

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At that time we were very definitely told that under no circumstances should there be any secret chapters or any other secrecy in the life of the Party, but that everything should be done publicly. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

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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. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. ↗

— Georg Simmel

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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. ↗