For some reason Jesus seems preoccupied with secrecy. Ian Wilson, Jesus: The Evidence I; viz also book, Channel 4 1984
The Jesus in Mark’s Gospel both reveals and conceals his true identity. A paradox scholars call the Messianic Secret. From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians III, PBS 1998
Three can keep a secret if two are dead. Carlos Marcello’s office sign
Military secrets are the most fleeting of all. Star Trek s3e2: The Enterprise Incident
Everything depends on secrecy in a show like this. The Dam Busters 1954 starring Richard Todd & Michael Redgrave & Ursula Jeans & Basil Sydney & Derek Farr & Patrick Farr & Ernest Clark & Charles Carson & Stanley van Beers & Colin Tayley et al, director Michael Anderson, Gibson
Stealth and secrecy are our only hope. Where Eagles Dare 1968 starring Clint Eastwood & Richard Burton & Mary Ure & Patrick Wymark & Michael Hordern & Donald Houston & Peter Barkworth & William Squire & Robert Beatty et al, director Brian G Hutton, Big Knob
Today each of us becomes a bearer of secrets. Conspiracy 2001 starring Kenneth Branagh & Stanley Tucci & Colin Firth & Ian McNeice & Kevin McNally & David Threlfall & Ewan Stewart & Brian Pettifer & Nicholas Woodeson et al, director Frank Pierson, Heydrich
He [Obama] repeatedly invoked the state’s secrets privilege in lawsuits involving torture, extraordinary rendition and illegal NSA eavesdropping. Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States X: Bush & Obama: Age of Terror, Showtime 2012
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. John F Kennedy, April 1961
For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence – on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumour is printed, no secret is revealed. ibid.
Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men – particularly if they are married – knows how absurd is the idea of a worldwide secret conspiracy consciously controlling all mankind by its financial power, in real, clear analysis. Oswald Mosley, British wartime fascist leader
There is something extremely dangerous and alluring about the combination of secrecy and world ambition. What could be more threatening than a group that it is the shadows and trying to dominate your life? Daniel Pipes, author Conspiracy
You must understand that secrecy is wrong. The very fact that a meeting is secret tells me that something is going on that I would not approve. Do not ever believe that grown men meet on a regular basis just to put on fancy robes, hold candles, and glad-hand each other. George Bush, when he was initiated into the Skull & Bones, did not lie naked in a coffin with a ribbon tied around his genitalia and yell out the details of all his sexual experiences because it was fun. He had much to gain by accepting initiation into the Order, as you can now see. These men meet for important reasons, and their meetings are secret because what goes on during the meetings would not be approved by the community. The very fact that something is secret means there is something to hide. Bill Cooper, Secret Societies/New World Order
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. Jeremy Bentham
You start out breaking foreign laws ... And then you end up breaking the law at home, and coming to feel a contempt for the law, your colleagues and associates, for the Congress and public and for the Constitution. What you have is a growing gap between the perceptions inside the Executive branch about what threats there are to our national security and the beliefs of the Congress and the public about the threats to national security. And that leads to secrecy. Morton Halperin, former National Security Council, Director Washington Office of the American Civil Liberties Union
Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy. Ramsey Clark
We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn’t. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets, and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows. Katherine Graham, Washington Post publisher, Council on Foreign Relations
Celebrity and secrets don’t go together. The bastards will get you in the end. George Michael
Oh secrets! In God’s name whatever would we do without them? But they leak to death don’t they. Rumpole of the Bailey s4e3: Rumpole and the Official Secret, Rumpole to Ballard, ITV 1987
Mormonism was born amid secrecy, and throughout its existence as a religion it has sustained a close yet complex relationship to the arts of silence. Noah Feldman
It’s an unfortunate reality that the issuance of incomplete information by government may sometimes be perceived as necessary to protect vital interests. Solicitor General Theodore Olson, whose wife died in 9/11 attacks
Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as soon as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end. Henry Kissinger
Secrecy is a very very powerful tool of the elite power. Trevor Paglen, author Blank Spot on the Map
Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton
For secrets are edged tools,
And must be kept from children and from fools. John Dryden
Acxiom is well aware of the thorny private issues involved with a company that deals with personal information ... In 2003 some of that data was hacked from one of Acxiom’s servers. Big Brother, Big Business, CNBS 2006
In August 2005 the Department of Justice subpoenaed AOL, Yahoo, MNS and Google seeking records of what people search for on the internet. ibid.
19 people were killed and 94 injured in an explosion at the nearby Petrofex Refinery. Secret State s1e1 starring Gabriel Byrne & Charles Dance & Rupert Graves et al, radio report, Channel 4 2012
What do you make of the fact it’s a company plane? ibid. Tom
A terrorist responsible for the deaths of thousands of people has been stopped. Secret State s1e2, Tony
We have not committed any act of war against Iran. Secret State s1e3, PM’s Questions
Night Light was a fuck up, Tom. Secret State s1e4, Laura
We’re sleepwalking into a war with Iran. ibid. Tom
They all want war, you see. ibid. Paul
Do you want to change the world, Tom? You have to live in it first. ibid. adviser
The Iranians didn’t kill the prime minister. Petrofex did. ibid. PM in House
The US government initiates covert operations which are classified ... Some operations involve secret locations and covert plans. America’s Most Secret: Structures, Discovery 2013
Weather Control: could it be that someone is trying to control the weather? ibid.
HAARP: a project run by the US government: High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. ibid.
Plum Island: Animal Disease Control Centre. Grossman also believes that Plum Island was connected to the 1977 outbreak of Lyme Disease. ibid.
he Space Fence: it is a network of radar systems spread out along the 33rd Parallel across the US. ibid.
Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton
A neurosis is a secret you don’t know you’re keeping. Kenneth Tynan, English theatre critic
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Luke 8:17
1,000 years of history under one roof. The National Archives. A treasure-house of secrets. The records of extraordinary times and people. These files are this nation's story. Portillo’s State Secrets 1/10, BBC 2015