Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State.
Secrecy is the foundation of politics.
Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.
Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.
Secrecy is what is known, but not to everyone. Privacy is what allows us to keep what we know to ourselves.
As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the defense of privacy follows, and never precedes, the emergence of new technologies for the exposure of secrets.
The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.
It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or their responsible agents - a maxim not less true in private than in public affairs.
First, the security and privacy of sensitive taxpayer information is absolutely essential.
We don't need secrecy.