“It's hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it's impossible to have that debate.” HardSecretOpinionImpossibleProgramCourtDebate Author:Al Franken
“In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, man's dispute with madness was dramatic debate in which he confronted the secret powers of the world; the experience of madness was clouded by images of the Fall and the Will of God, of the Beast and the Metamorphosis, and of all the marvelous secrets of Knowledge” MenWorldAgeFallSecretMiddleMadnessDebateGods WillDramaticBeastMarvelousDisputesMiddle AgesRenaissanceMetamorphosisCloudedRenaissance Man Book:Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Source: Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
“Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but to vigorous debate, and in many respects that's the secret of its success.” LooksSecretTeachAuthorityClaimsBlindDebateObedienceVigorousOld And NewBlind Obedience Author:Carl Sagan
“The government's collection authority, under the Patriot Act, is basically limitless. They can get the medical records and financial records, gun purchase records. And it also becomes part of another important issue that relates to the FISA court and the rest of the debate. It almost becomes a secret law, like there are two Patriot Acts. The one you read on the laptop essentially leads you to believe that there's some connection to terror .” BelieveTwoImportantGovernmentLawSecretIssuesRecordsAuthorityGunConnectionsCourtFinancialTerrorMedicalDebateRelateCollectionsPatriotLimitlessLaptopsImportant IssuesPatriot ActMedical Records Author:Ron Wyden
“for the poor the whole world is a self-constituted critic; your smallest action is open to debate. No secret place of your soul is safe from invasion.” WorldSoulSelfWholeActionPoorSecretPovertySafeCriticsDebateWhole WorldYour SoulSmallestInvasionSecret Places Author:Alice Foote MacDougall