Secrecy Quotes

Life within the Kremlin was shrouded in impenetrable secrecy.

– Harrison Salisbury

We don’t need secrecy.

– Jimmy Wales

Too many Americans mistrust their government. And unnecessary government secrecy feeds this mistrust.

– Janet Reno

Moscow had this incredible, intense atmosphere of intrigue and darkness and secrecy.

– Alan Furst

Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.

– Edward Teller

Secrecy involves a tension which, at the moment of revelation, finds its release.

– Georg Simmel

Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.

– Cardinal Richelieu

Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State.

– Cardinal Richelieu

The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.

– George P. Shultz

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

– Jeremy Taylor

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

– Sissela Bok