Secrecy is for losers. . . . It is time to dismantle government secrecy, this most persuasive of Cold War-era regulations. It is time to begin building the supports for the era of openness that is already upon us.

The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.

Secrecy is for losers.

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.

In too many cases, if our Government had set out determined to destroy the family, it couldn't have done greater damage than some of what we see today.

There are some mistakes only someone with a Ph.D. can make.