It changed from a semi-secret occupation without government regulation to something that is transparent, with annual reports and public disclosure. That's a very large change. In the trading area, especially, there was a lot of secrecy.
Martin Mayer
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The Oscar is the fantasy that you're afraid to believe in, but in the secrecy of your little dark room, you dream and wait for it.
Terrence Howard
It's a great victory for the people. It's time to end secrecy in government.
George Barrett
The excitement of having it back on campus and renewing a nationally known event is great. And the secrecy around the theme is just a part of the excitement. It's an easily accessible theme and allows for creativity by the students.
Jarret Izzo
The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed.
De Witt Clinton
There is no such thing as privacy anymore; there is secrecy.
Rich Hersh
The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy in which he lived and, probably, the bank vaults he frequented.
Jimmy Breslin
We thought this case was pure intimidation; the only thing stopping us from getting the murderer brought to justice is secrecy.
Catherine Mccartney
A lot of what goes on over there is shrouded in such secrecy. The North Koreans have made it very, very hard to get out. Over the years, a lot of people have been sent back over the border. In this instance, we had a name. It was very appropriate for the international community to call it out.
Jay Lefkowitz
It breaks down the secrecy, it requires hospitals to report this information.
Jim Mcgreevey
(The Parole Board) ... is currently wrapped in secrecy and that secrecy was there initially for good reason.
Jim Mcginty
[Autry also directly criticized Parks. He said the FPOA] has had some good leaders who put the community first. ... we are seeing a big departure from that ... Parks would rather operate behind a veil of secrecy, which is not good for the public or the Police Department.
Alan Autry
These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy.
Andy Alexander
The provisions that are a problem are those that minimize judicial scrutiny of searches and surveillance and that increase government secrecy.
Timothy Edgar
The manner in which state money was directed is problematic for its secrecy, its lack of accountability and its end run around the legislative process.
Roy Cooper
All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective interests.
W. Stanley Jevons
The Hall of Fame was established to recognize the work and accomplishments of those who have made a difference in the battle against government secrecy.
Paul Mcmasters
If state secrecy can prevent us from preserving the rights of millions upon millions of people, then there is a profound problem with the law.
Kevin Bankston
In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.
Gilbert Parker
Secrecy can be a killer. Many couples get married in their late 20s or even early 30s and are used to being independent. Having separate accounts allows the couple to maintain some financial independence while being completely open about it.
Sheryl Garrett
This is the issue that wouldn't go away, ... The pay hike triggered long-standing, simmering anger over the way the Legislature does its business and, indeed, over the way Harrisburg operates. It's a reaction against secrecy and what the voters say is arrogance.
Terry Madonna
Anytime Saudis are returned under a veil of secrecy, I'm suspicious.
Charles E. Schumer
If you look at the part about absolute secrecy, that in a nutshell, even though it is very vague, is of utmost importance [to the hearing examiners].
Allison Hrestak
It is hardly a process at all. It is more like a lottery. It has become a rather squalid competition with no set procedure, shrouded in Big Power secrecy. They don't even interview the candidates.
Brian Urquhart
Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared.
Sissela Bok
Why not look instead for evidence of cowardice, secrecy, and dishonesty -- the traits displayed by so many bishops which magnified the crisis into a public scandal?
Francis Debernardo
Most child welfare agencies tend to embrace secrecy because the people who lead them tend to be mediocre and don't want you to see how poor a job they are doing.
Richard Wexler
Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That makes me suspicious.
Wangari Maathai
The most unfortunate thing about the system is the secrecy of the board.
Kirby Dick
These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. They also show that citizens overwhelmingly believe that open government is good government. The public understands that openness - to the greatest degree possible - will produce government that is more efficient, more honest and more responsive to the citizens it serves.
Andy Alexander
These claims have no merit. Because of the laws protecting grand-jury secrecy, no other comments can be made. The investigation is continuing.
Ronnie Earle
Agrees with the defendant's skepticism of the government's ability to prosecute this case in open court in light of the shroud of secrecy under which it seeks to proceed.
Leonie Brinkema
We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.
Sissela Bok
Every secret place of detention is usually a higher risk for ill treatment, that the danger of secrecy.
Manfred Nowak
Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
Cardinal Richelieu
You can't just draw a veil of secrecy when you are locking people up. You have to do at least the minimum, which is to acknowledge who you are holding.
Jamie Fellner
Secrecy, the secrecy system and the pseudo secrecy system in the United States have gone out of control.
Thomas Blanton
The time has come to lift the veil of secrecy, and let the truth emerge, so there can be a real and informed debate, about one of the most important problems facing our planet today.
Paul Hellyer
A substantial part of the controversy occurred because there was such secrecy in what was going on over there. This is a public charity. It gets a whopping tax exemption because of that status.
Hugh Jones
It is clear that the manner in which state money was directed is problematic for its secrecy, its lack of accountability and its end run around the legislative process.
Roy Cooper
The higher the classification [of secrecy], the quicker you will report it.
George P. Shultz
The fact of secrecy makes the public question the truthfulness of what is made public. The final result is to weaken the institutions on which America was founded.
Jack Nicklaus
In the past, decommissioning as a process has been shrouded in secrecy and if we are to increase public confidence in the process then we want it to be more transparent.
Jeffrey Donaldson
Sir Beatle is inviting 300 people. They are all sworn to secrecy, lest this get in the papers.
Cindy Adams
Speaking out about violence against women in our communities is important because the problem finds its power in secrecy. Naming the problem and visibly speaking out against it is a way to dissolve the grip these crimes have on communities of women across our nation.
Carol Jordan
A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame.
Jane Pauley
[The] former regime elements ... seem to have very good operational secrecy, ... And thus far it's not been that easy to make a dent in that part of the insurgency.
John Negroponte
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
Karl von Clausewitz
While many polling stations around the country opened late -- and maintaining the secrecy of the vote was not always achieved -- polling procedures were generally followed by election officials.
Emma Bonino
Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.
Edward Teller
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