"Everything secret degenerates,
even the administration of justice;
nothing is safe that does not show how
it can bear discussion and publicity."
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Lord Acton on secrecy.
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The terms of public service are the prerogative of the public. Fundamental among those terms; public servants are accountable to the public, and to meaningful standards of conduct and competence, at least for the eight measly hours a day that we have to "trust" them with the control over our power and our resources.
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