“A secret's a secret because you don't let people in on it.”
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“People are secretive when they have secrets.”
Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming
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Lynn Compton
(1921–2012) Easy Company soldier turned noted jurist
Source: Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers (2008), p. 107
“Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them.”
Source: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
John F. Kennedy
(1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
1961, Address to ANPA
Context: The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know.
Maximilien Robespierre
(1758–1794) French revolutionary lawyer and politician
Original French: Le secret de la liberté est d'éclairer les hommes, comme celui de la tyrannie est de les retenir dans l'ignorance
Source: Oeuvres, Volume 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=iSMVAAAAQAAJ p. 253.
Norman Vincent Peale
(1898–1993) American writer
Positive Thinking Every Day : An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year (1993), "April 13"
Earlier variant: People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. And those who have learned to have a realistic, nonegotistical belief in themselves, who possess a deep and sound self-confidence, are assets to mankind, too, for they transmit their dynamic quality to those lacking it.
You Can If You Think You Can (1987), p. 84
“Photography is all about secrets. The secrets we all have and will never tell.”
Source: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
