“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.” PeopleIfsLittlesLongFactsTodayValuesNationsSecretDangerSurvivalTraditionDecidedThreatJustifyLong AgoArbitrarySecrecyRestrictionOathOpposingProceedingImitatingSecret SocietyPertinentConcealment Author:John F. Kennedy
“A kiss! When all is said, what is a kiss? An oath of allegiance taken in closer proximity, a promise more precise, a seal on a confession, a rose-red dot upon the letter i in loving; a secret which elects the mouth for ear; an instant of eternity murmuring like a bee; balmy communion with a flavor of flowers; a fashion of inhaling each other's hearts, and of tasting, on the brink of the lips, each other's soul!” HeartSaidSoulSecretTakenFashionFlowerPromiseKissingMouthsRedLettersEarsEternityRoseLipsInstantConfessionBeesCommunionPreciseFlavorAllegianceOathSealsDotsTastingProximityMurmuring Book:CYRANO DE BERGERAC Source: CYRANO DE BERGERAC
“The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called a law-breaker. It is become too changeable a thing to be defined: it is made little less a Mystery than the Gospel. The clergy and the lawyers, like the Freemasons, may be supposed to take an oath not to tell the secret.” MayLittlesMadeLawSecretMysteryLawyerDefinedContradictionOathClergyLaw Breakers Author:Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
“All Cabinet Ministers and other senior ministers are still sworn in as Privy Counsellors for life. The oath (which dates back to the thirteenth-century and has been described as Britain's oldest secrecy provision) commits them to keep all advice to the monarch secret.” Has BeensStillsSecretAdviceCenturyCommitMinistersBritainSeniorSecrecyProvisionOathCabinetsMonarchsCounsellors Author:Clive Ponting
“All secret oath-bound political parties are dangerous to any nation, no matter how pure or how patriotic the motives and principles which first bring them together.” FirstsMatterTogetherPoliticalNationsPartySecretPrinciplesDangerousPureBoundsMotivePatrioticPolitical PartiesOath Book:The Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Source: The Personal Memoirs of General U. S.
“A long long time ago I took an oath to tell all secrets that came my way. Don't tell me a secret, I won't keep it. I'm against secrets, I'm against hierarchies, lineages, all assumption of special knowledge on the part of anyone in the presence of anyone else is abhorrent to me. I mean, I am a true anarchist first and foremost.” WayFirstsMeanLongSecretSpecialLong TimeMy WayAssumptionHierarchyLong Time AgoAnarchistOathLineageAbhorrent Author:Terence McKenna