In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are few things more dangerous in a democracy than allowing a President to wage secret wars without the knowledge of the country.
There is a danger in democracy itself.
The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
It shouldn't take extreme courage and a willingness to go to prison for decades or even life to blow the whistle on bad government acts done in secret. But it does. And that is an immense problem for democracy, one that all journalists should be united in fighting.
It's actually very easy for democracy to disappear.
When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
It is up to the government to keep the government's secrets.
Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.
Secrecy is the foundation of politics.