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 <br class="br">Source: Oeuvres, Volume 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=iSMVAAAAQAAJ p. 253.
“The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.”
Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War
Book II, 2.43
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book II
“There are no secrets except the secrets that keep themselves.”
George Bernard Shaw Back to Methuselah
Confucius, in Pt. III : The Thing Happens
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
“This planet’s secret menace was—freedom!”
Robert Sheckley book Shape
Shape (p. 44)
Short fiction, Untouched by Human Hands (1954)
“To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
“We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret.”
Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director
Dear Boullée
“It's isn't a secret, unless keeping it hurts.”
Gregory David Roberts book Shantaram
Source: Shantaram
