“To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.” SecretLibertySellsBetraySecrecy Author:Benjamin Franklin
“The United States builds weapons presumably secretly, and then it sells them to other countries. So the whole business of secrecy is kind of a fake issue because hardly anything technological remains a secret for very long.” KindLongCountryStatesWholeUnitedSecretUnited StatesIssuesWeaponsRemainsSellsFakeOther CountriesTechnologicalSecrecy Author:Howard Zinn
“A monopoly granted either to an individual or to a trading company has the same effect as a secret in trade or manufactures. The monopolists, by keeping the market constantly understocked, by never fully supplying the effectual demand, sell their commodities much above the natural price, and raise their emoluments, whether they consist in wages or profit, greatly above their natural rate.” IndividualNaturalSecretCompanyEffectsDemandRaisesTradeSellsCompetitionRateProfitGrantedCommodityWagesTradingMonopoly Book:Adam Smith: Selected Philosophical Writings Source: Adam Smith: Selected Philosophical Writings
“Words don't tell you what people are thinking. Rarely do we use words to really tell. We use words to sell people or to convince people or to make them admire us. It's all disguise. It's all hidden -- a secret language.” PeopleThinkingUseLanguageSecretSellsAdmireConvinceDisguise Author:Robert Altman