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Quotations regarding 'Secrecy'

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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.
Carroll Quigley, American Writer (1910-1977)
Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
Cardinal Richelieu, French Clergyman (1585-1642)
Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State.
Duc De Richelieu, -
Life within the Kremlin was shrouded in impenetrable secrecy.
Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist (1908-1993)
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, German Soldier (1894-1946)
There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery.
Bob Schaffer, American Politician (1962-  )
The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.
George P. Shultz, American Public Servant (1920-  )
I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
M. Night Shyamalan, American Director (1970-  )
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, German Sociologist (1858-1918)
Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being.
Georg Simmel, German Sociologist (1858-1918)
Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.
Georg Simmel, German Sociologist (1858-1918)
Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.
Georg Simmel, German Sociologist (1858-1918)
Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy.
Donna Tartt, American Novelist (1963-  )
Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.
Jeremy Taylor, British Clergyman
Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.
Edward Teller, American Physicist (1908-2003)
 
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