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		<title>Hewart, Gordon -- Rex v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy, [1924] 1 KB 256, [1923] EWHC KB 1, [1924] KB 256 (1923-11-09) [unanimous decision]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing is to be done which creates even a suspicion that there has been an improper interference with the course of justice. See also: The origins of “Justice must be seen to be done”. R v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy &#8211; Wikipedia.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing is to be done which creates even a suspicion that there has been an improper interference with the course of justice.</p>
<br><b>Gordon Hewart</b> (1870-1943) British politician and jurist; Lord Chief Justice of England (1922-1940)<br><i>Rex v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy</i>, [1924] 1 KB 256, [1923] EWHC KB 1, [1924] KB 256 (1923-11-09) [unanimous decision] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/KB/1923/1.html#:~:text=Nothing%20is%20to%20be%20done%20which%20creates%20even%20a%20suspicion%20that%20there%20has%20been%20an%20improper%20interference%20with%20the%20course%20of%20justice." target="_blank">Source</a>)
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	<li><a href="https://www.barandbench.com/columns/the-origins-of-justice-must-be-seen-to-be-done" title="The origins of “Justice must be seen to be done”">The origins of “Justice must be seen to be done”</a>.</li>
	<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Sussex_Justices,_ex_parte_McCarthy" title="R v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy - Wikipedia">R v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy - Wikipedia</a>.</li>
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		<title>Billings, Josh -- Everybody&#8217;s Friend, Or; Josh Billing&#8217;s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 &#8220;Affurisms: Embers on the Harth&#8221; (1874)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confess yure sorrows, yure fears, yure hopes, yure love, and even yure deviltrys tew men, but don’t let them git a smell ov yure poverty—poverty haz no friends, not even among paupers. [Confess your sorrows, your fears, your hopes, your love, and even your deviltries to men, but don&#8217;t let them get a smell of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Confess yure sorrows, yure fears, yure hopes, yure love, and even yure deviltrys tew men, but don’t let them git a smell ov yure poverty—poverty haz no friends, not even among paupers.</p>
<p>[Confess your sorrows, your fears, your hopes, your love, and even your deviltries to men, but don&#8217;t let them get a smell of your poverty &#8212; poverty has no friends, not even among paupers.]</p>
<br><b>Josh Billings</b> (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]<br><i>Everybody&#8217;s Friend, Or; Josh Billing&#8217;s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor</i>, ch. 156 &#8220;Affurisms: Embers on the Harth&#8221; (1874) 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Everybody_s_Friend_Or_Josh_Billing_s_Enc/7rA8AAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22yure%20sorrows%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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		<title>Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 1855 (1727)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boast not of thy good Deeds, lest thy evil Deeds also be brought upon the Board.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Fuller</b> (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer<br><i>Introductio ad Prudentiam</i>, Vol. 2, # 1855 (1727) 
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		<title>Marcus Aurelius -- Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book  3, ch.  4 (3.4) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hays (2003)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[You need to get used to winnowing your thoughts, so that if someone says, “What are you thinking about?” you can respond at once (and truthfully) that you are thinking this or thinking that. And it would be obvious at once from your answer that your thoughts were straightforward and considerate ones &#8212; the thoughts [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You need to get used to winnowing your thoughts, so that if someone says, “What are you thinking about?” you can respond at once (and truthfully) that you are thinking this or thinking that. And it would be obvious at once from your answer that your thoughts were straightforward and considerate ones &#8212; the thoughts of an unselfish person, one unconcerned with pleasure and with sensual indulgence generally, with squabbling, with slander and envy, or anything else you’d be ashamed to be caught thinking.</p>
<p>[ἐθιστέον ἑαυτὸν μόνα φαντάζεσθαι, περὶ ὧν εἴ τις ἄφνω ἐπανέροιτο: τί νῦν διανοῇ; μετὰ παρρησίας παραχρῆμα ἂν ἀποκρίναιο ὅτι τὸ καὶ τό: ὡς ἐξ αὐτῶν εὐθὺς δῆλα εἶναι, ὅτι πάντα ἁπλᾶ καὶ εὐμενῆ καὶ ζῴου κοινωνικοῦ καὶ ἀμελοῦντος ἡδονικῶν ἢ καθάπαξ ἀπολαυστικῶν φαντασμάτων ἢ φιλονεικίας τινὸς ἢ βασκανίας καὶ ὑποψίας ἢ ἄλλου τινός, ἐφ̓ ᾧ ἂν ἐρυθριάσειας ἐξηγούμενος, ὅτι ἐν νῷ αὐτὸ εἶχες.]</p>
<br><b>Marcus Aurelius</b> (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher<br><i>Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν]</i>, Book  3, ch.  4 (3.4) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hays (2003)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/meditation-GeorgeHays/page/n101/mode/2up?q=%22winnowing+your+thoughts%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0641%3Abook%3D3%3Achapter%3D4%3Asection%3D2#:~:text=%E1%BC%90%CE%B8%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BF%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%91%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%E1%BD%B8%CE%BD%20%CE%BC%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B1,%CE%B1%E1%BD%90%CF%84%E1%BD%B8%20%CE%B5%E1%BC%B6%CF%87%CE%B5%CF%82.">Source (Greek)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>Thou must use thyself to think only of such things, of which if a man upon a sudden should ask thee, what it is that thou art now thinking, thou mayest answer This, and That, freely and boldly, that so by thy thoughts it may presently appear that in all thee is sincere, and peaceable; as becometh one that is made for society, and regards not pleasures, nor gives way to any voluptuous imaginations at all: free from all contentiousness, envy, and suspicion, and from whatsoever else thou wouldst blush to confess thy thoughts were set upon.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus_-_His_Meditations_concerning_himselfe#THE_THIRD_BOOK:~:text=See%20therefore%20in,were%20set%20upon.">Casaubon</a> (1634)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Let it be your way to think upon nothing, but what you could freely Discover, if the Question was put to you : So that if your Soul was thus laid open, there would nothing appear, but what was Sincere, Good-natur'd, and publick Spirited; not so much as one Libertine, or Luxurious Fancy, nothing of Litigiousness, Envy, or unreasonable Suspicion, or any thing else, which would not bear the Light, without Blushing.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Emperor_Marcus_Antoninus:_His_Conversation_with_Himself/Book_3#:~:text=He%20ought%20therefore,Light%2C%20without%20Blushing.">Collier</a> (1701)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>We ought, therefore, to [...] enure ourselves to think on such things, as, if we were of a sudden examined, what are we now musing upon, we could freely answer, such or such matters: so that all within might appear simple and goodnatured, such as becomes a social being, who despises pleasure, and all sensual enjoyment, and is free from emulation, envy, suspicion, or any other passion that we would blush to own we were now indulging in our minds.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/457829267955022580052/page/n73/mode/2up?q=%22we+ought+therefore%22">Hutcheson/Moor</a> (1742)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Indeed you should regulate your thoughts in such a manner, that if any one should ask you, on a sudden, what is the subject of them, you may answer him without embarrassment; so that they may evidently appear to be all simplicity and benevolence, and such as become a being born for society; free from every idea of sensuality or lasciviousness; from rancour, envy, or suspicion; or from any other sentiment, which, if you were to confess it, would occasion a blush.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_meditations_of_Marcus_Aurelius_Anton/3uQIAAAAQAAJ?gbpv=1&bsq=%22your%20meditations%20therefore%22">Graves</a> (1792)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>A man should use himself to think of those things only about which if one should suddenly ask, What hast thou now in thy thoughts? with perfect openness thou mightest immediately answer, This or That; so that from thy words it should be plain that everything in thee is simple and benevolent, and such as befits a social animal, and one that cares not for thoughts about pleasure or sensual enjoyments at all, nor has any rivalry or envy and suspicion, or anything else for which thou wouldst blush if thou shouldst say that thou hadst it in thy mind.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Thoughts_of_the_Emperor_Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus/Book_III#:~:text=We%20ought%20then,in%20thy%20mind.">Long</a> (1862)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>[A man] ought, therefore, not to work his mind to no purpose, nor throw a superfluous link into the chain of thought; and more especially, to avoid curiosity and malice in his inquiry. Accustom yourself, therefore, tot hink up on nothing but what you could freely reveal, if the question were put to you; so that if your soul were thus laid open, there would nothing appear but what was sincere, good-natured, and public-spirited -- not so much as one voluptuous or luxurious fancy, nothing of hatred, envy, or unreasonable suspicion, nor aught else which you could not bring to the light without blushing.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Meditations_of_Marcus_Aurelius/5qcAEZZibB0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22he%20ought%20therefore%22">Collier/Zimmern</a> (1887)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Limit yourself habitually to such regards, that if suddenly asked 'What is in your thoughts now?,' you could tell at once the candid and unhesitating truth -- a direct plain proof, that all your thoughts were simple and in charity, such as befit a social being, who eschews voluptuous or even self-indulgent fancies, or jealousy of any kind, or malice and suspicion, or any other mood which you would blush to own.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Marcus_Aurelius_Antoninus_to_Himself/0X2BxfXnXKcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22limit%20yourself%20habitually%22">Rendall</a> (1898)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Accustom yourself so, and only so, to think, that, if any one were suddenly to ask you, “Of what are you thinking-now?” you could answer frankly and at once, “Of so and so.” Then it will plainly appear that you are all simplicity and kindliness, as befits a social being who takes little thought for enjoyment or any phantom pleasure; who spurns contentiousness, envy, or suspicion; or any passion the harbouring of which one would blush to own.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/55317/pg55317-images.html#:~:text=Accustom%20yourself%20so,blush%20to%20own.">Hutcheson/Chrystal</a> (1902)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>A man should accustom himself to think only of those things about which, if one were to ask on a sudden, <i>What now in thy thoughts?</i> thou couldst quite frankly answer at once, <i>This or that;</i> so that thine answer should immediately make manifest that all that is in thee is simple and kindly and worthy of a living being that is social and has no thought for pleasures or for the entire range of sensual images, or for any rivalry, envy, suspicion, or anything else, whereat thou wouldst blush to admit that thou hadst it in thy mind.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_(Haines_1916)/Book_3#:~:text=a%20man%20should,in%20thy%20mind.">Haines</a> (Loeb) (1916)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>You must habituate yourself only to thoughts about which if some one were suddenly to ask: 'What is in your mind now?', you would at once reply, quite frankly, <i>this</i> or <i>that;</i> and so from the answer it would immediately be plain that all was simplicity and kindness, the thoughts of a social being, who disregards pleasurable, or to speak more generally luxurious imaginings or rivalry of any kind, or envy and suspicion or anything else about which you would blush to put into words that you had it in your head.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Meditations_of_the_Emperor_Marcus_Antoninus/Book_3#:~:text=you%20must%20habituate,in%20your%20head.">Farquharson</a> (1944)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>A man should habituate himself to such a way of thinking that if suddenly asked, "What is in your mind at this minute?" he could respond frankly and without hesitation; thus proving that all his thoughts were simple and kindly, as becomes a social being with no taste for the pleasures of sensual imaginings, jealousies, envies, suspicions, or any other sentiments that he would blush to acknowledge in himself.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/meditations0000marc_g6h3/page/54/mode/2up?q=%22a+man+should+habituate%22">Staniforth</a> (1964)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>You must train yourself only to think such thoughts that if somebody were suddenly to ask you, "What are you thinking of?" you could reply in all honesty  and without hesitation of this or that, and so make it clear at once from your reply that all within you is simple and kindly, and worthy of a social being who has no thought for pleasure, or luxury in general, or contentiousness of any kind, or envy, or suspicion, or anything else that you would blush to admit if you had it in your mind.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Meditations/VVsmU-4YwFsC?gbpv=1&bsq=%22you%20must%20train%20yourself%22">Hard</a> (1997 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Train yourself to think only those thoughts such that in answer to the sudden question ‘What is in your mind now?’ you could say with immediate frankness whatever it is, this or that: and so your answer can give direct evidence that all your thoughts are straightforward and kindly, the thoughts of a social being who has no regard for the fancies of pleasure or wider indulgence, for rivalry, malice, suspicion, or anything else that one would blush to admit was in one’s mind.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/marcus-aurelius-emperor-of-rome-martin-hammond-diskin-clay-meditations/page/17/mode/2up?q=%22Train+yourself+to+think%22">Hammond</a> (2006)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>You should accustom yourself to think only of those things which, if someone were suddenly to ask "What are you thinking?" you could openly answer this or that, so as to reveal straightaway that everything within yourself is straightforward and well disposed, appropriate to a communal being, and without care for base pleasures or even a single one of the delights we take in our experiences, or for any rivalry, slander, suspicion, or anything else which you would blush to answer that you had in your mind.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Essential_Marcus_Aurelius/-xG_GDeE6p0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22should%20accustom%20yourself%22">Needleman/Piazza</a> (2008)]  </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>You must train yourself only to think such thoughts that if somebody were suddenly to ask you, ‘What are you thinking of?’ you could reply in all honesty and without hesitation, of this thing or that, and so make it clear at once from your reply that all within you is simple and benevolent, and worthy of a social being who has no thought for pleasure, or luxury in general, or contentiousness of any kind, or envy, or suspicion, or anything else that you would blush to admit if you had it in your mind.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/meditations0000marc_m5f0/page/16/mode/2up?q=%22you+must+train+yourself+only%22">Hard</a> (2011 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>You must train yourself only to think the kind of thoughts about which, if someone suddenly asked you, "what are you thinking now?" you would at once answer frankly, "this" or "that."  So, from your reply it would immediately be clear that all your thoughts are straightforward and kind and express the character of a social being who has no concern with images of pleasure, or self-indulgence in general, or any kind of rivalry, malice, or suspicion, or anything else you would blush to admit you were thinking about.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Marcus_Aurelius_Meditations_Books_1_6/fCdoAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22you%20must%20train%20yourself%22">Gill</a> (2013)]</blockquote><br>
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		<title>Hand, Learned -- United States v. Coplon, 185 F.2d 629 (2d Cir. 1950) [majority opinion]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[All governments, democracies as well as autocracies, believe that those they seek to punish are guilty; the impediment of constitutional barriers are galling to all governments when they prevent the consummation of that just purpose. But those barriers were devised and are precious because they prevent that purpose and its pursuit from passing unchallenged by [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All governments, democracies as well as autocracies, believe that those they seek to punish are guilty; the impediment of constitutional barriers are galling to all governments when they prevent the consummation of that just purpose. But those barriers were devised and are precious because they prevent that purpose and its pursuit from passing unchallenged by the accused, and unpurged by the alembic of public scrutiny and public criticism. A society which has come to wince at such exposure of the methods by which it seeks to impose its will upon its members, has already lost the feel of freedom and is on the path towards absolutism.</p>
<br><b>Learned Hand</b> (1872-1961) American jurist<br><i>United States v. Coplon,</i> 185 F.2d 629 (2d Cir. 1950) [majority opinion] 
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		<title>McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Neurotic&#8217;s Notebook, ch.  3 (1963)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.</p>
<br><b>Mignon McLaughlin</b> (1913-1983) American journalist and author<br><i>The Neurotic&#8217;s Notebook</i>, ch.  3 (1963) 
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		<title>Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- De Officiis [On Duties; On Moral Duty; The Offices], Book 3, ch.  9 (3.9) / sec. 38 (44 BC) [tr. Edmonds (1865)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For virtue, not secrecy, is sought by good men. [Honesta enim bonis viris, non occulta quaeruntur.] (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: For good men desire to be virtuous and honest, and not to be secret, that so they may sin without danger. [tr. Cockman (1699)] What is honorable, and not what is concealed, is the object [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For virtue, not secrecy, is sought by good men.</p>
<p><em>[Honesta enim bonis viris, non occulta quaeruntur.]</em></p>
<br><b>Marcus Tullius Cicero</b> (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher<br><i>De Officiis [On Duties; On Moral Duty; The Offices]</i>, Book 3, ch.  9 (3.9) / sec. 38 (44 BC) [tr. Edmonds (1865)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/stream/cicerosthreeboo00cice#page/130/mode/2up/search/%22for+virtue+not+secrecy%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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<blockquote>For good men desire to be virtuous and honest, and not to be secret, that so they may sin without danger.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/stream/officeswithlaeli00cice#page/128/mode/2up/search/%22good+men+desire%22">Cockman</a> (1699)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>What is honorable, and not what is concealed, is the object of pursuit with wise men.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Treatise_of_Cicero_De_Officiis_Or_Hi/rvdPAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22what%20is%20honourable%22&dq=de%20officiis&pg=PA225&printsec=frontcover">McCartney</a> (1798)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For it is right things, not hidden things, that are sought by good men.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/cicero-on-moral-duties-de-officiis#Cicero_0041-01_305:~:text=for%20it%20is%20right%20things%2C%20not%20hidden%20things%2C%20that%20are%20sought%20by%20good%20men.">Peabody</a> (1883)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The good man seeks to do what is right, not to hide what he does.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/deofficiis00cicegoog/page/n165/mode/2up?q=%22hide+what+he+does%22">Gardiner</a> (1899)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For good men aim to secure not secrecy but the right.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2007.01.0048%3Abook%3Dpos%3D3%3Asection%3D38#note-link1:~:text=for%20good%20men%20aim%20to%20secure%20not%20secrecy%20but%20the%20right">Miller</a> (1913)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Good men seek right conduct, not conduct that has to remain concealed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/deofficiisonduti00cice/page/136/mode/2up?q=%22seek+right+conduct%22">Edinger</a> (1974)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Honorable things, not secretive things, are sought by good men.</blockquote><br>
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		<title>Lynn, Jonathan -- Yes Minister, 01&#215;01 &#8220;Open Government&#8221; (BBC2 Television) (1980-02-25) [with Anthony Jay]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERNARD: But surely the citizens of a democracy have a right to know. SIR HUMPHREY: No. They have a right to be ignorant. Knowledge only means complicity in guilt; ignorance has a certain dignity.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">BERNARD: But surely the citizens of a democracy have a right to know.</p>
<p class="hangingindent">SIR HUMPHREY: No. They have a right to be ignorant. Knowledge only means complicity in guilt; ignorance has a certain dignity.</p>
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<br><b>Jonathan Lynn</b> (b. 1943) English  actor, comedy writer, director<br><i>Yes Minister</i>, 01&#215;01 &#8220;Open Government&#8221; (BBC2 Television) (1980-02-25) [with Anthony Jay] 
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		<title>Adams, Samuel -- Letter to James Warren (4 Nov 1775)</title>
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<br><b>Samuel Adams</b> (1722-1803) American revolutionary, statesman<br>Letter to James Warren (4 Nov 1775) 
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		<title>Harrison, William Henry -- Inaugural Address (4 Mar 1841)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A decent and manly examination of the acts of the Government should be not only tolerated, but encouraged.</p>
<br><b>William Henry Harrison</b> (1773-1841) American politician, military officer, US President (1841)<br>Inaugural Address (4 Mar 1841) 
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		<title>Adams, John -- Essay (1765-09-30), &#8220;A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,&#8221; No. 3, Boston Gazette</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[The people] have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean, of the characters and conduct of their rulers.</p>
<br><b>John Adams</b> (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)<br>Essay (1765-09-30), &#8220;A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,&#8221; No. 3, <i>Boston Gazette</i> 
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		<title>Regan, Donald -- In Bernard Weintraub, &#8220;How Donald Regan Runs the White House,&#8221; New York Times Magazine (5 Jan 1986)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If someone knows of a problem and conceals it from me, I get more upset from that than from the problem itself. I tell our people time and time again: Bad news first.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If someone knows of a problem and conceals it from me, I get more upset from that than from the problem itself. I tell our people time and time again: Bad news first.</p>
<br><b>Donald Regan</b> (1918-2003) American financier, government executive<br>In Bernard Weintraub, &#8220;How Donald Regan Runs the White House,&#8221; <i>New York Times Magazine</i> (5 Jan 1986) 
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		<title>Kennedy, John F. -- Speech, American Newspaper Publishers Association (27 Apr 1961)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition. And both are necessary. </p>
<br><b>John F. Kennedy</b> (1917-1963) American politician, author, journalist, US President (1961–63)<br>Speech, American Newspaper Publishers Association (27 Apr 1961) 
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		<title>Kennedy, John F. -- Speech, American Newspaper Publishers Association (27 Apr 1961)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The very word &#8220;secrecy&#8221; 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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The very word &#8220;secrecy&#8221; 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. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know.</p>
<br><b>John F. Kennedy</b> (1917-1963) American politician, author, journalist, US President (1961–63)<br>Speech, American Newspaper Publishers Association (27 Apr 1961) 
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		<title>Roosevelt, Theodore -- Speech (1910-08-31), &#8220;The New Nationalism,&#8221; John Brown Memorial Park dedication, Osawatomie, Kansas</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short nor an easy task, but it can be done. We must have complete and effective publicity of corporate affairs, so that people may know beyond peradventure whether the corporations obey the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short nor an easy task, but it can be done. We must have complete and effective publicity of corporate affairs, so that people may know beyond peradventure whether the corporations obey the law and whether their management entitles them to the confidence of the public. It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes; it is still more necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced. Corporate expenditures for political purposes, and especially such expenditures by public-service corporations, have supplied one of the principal sources of corruption in our political affairs.</p>
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<br><b>Theodore Roosevelt</b> (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)<br>Speech (1910-08-31), &#8220;The New Nationalism,&#8221; John Brown Memorial Park dedication, Osawatomie, Kansas 
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		<title>Truman, Harry S -- Speech, Joint Session of the US Congress (12 Mar 1947)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No government is perfect. One of the chief virtues of a democracy, however, is that its defects are always visible and under democratic processes can be pointed out and corrected.</p>
<br><b>Harry S Truman</b> (1884-1972) US President (1945-1953)<br>Speech, Joint Session of the US Congress (12 Mar 1947) 
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		<title>Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, #  417 (1725)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Govern thy Life and Thoughts, as if the whole World were to see the one, and read the other.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Govern thy Life and Thoughts, as if the whole World were to see the one, and read the other.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Fuller</b> (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer<br><i>Introductio ad Prudentiam</i>, Vol. 1, #  417 (1725) 
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		<title>Cleveland, Grover -- Letter accepting Democratic nomination for President (8 Aug 1884)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that the public temper is such that the voters of the land are prepared to support the party which gives the best promise of administering the government in the honest, simple, and plain manner which is consistent with its character and purposes. They have learned that mystery and concealment in the management of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe that the public  temper is such that the voters of the land are prepared to support the  party which gives the best promise of administering the government in  the honest, simple, and plain manner which is consistent with its  character and purposes. They have learned that mystery and concealment  in the management of their affairs cover tricks and betrayal. The  statesmanship they require consists in honesty and frugality, a prompt  response to the needs of the people as they arise, and a vigilant  protection of all their varied interests.</p>
<br><b>Grover Cleveland</b> (1837–1908) American President (1885–1889, 1893–1897)<br>Letter accepting Democratic nomination for President (8 Aug 1884) 
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		<title>Stevenson, Adlai -- Speech (1952-07-21), Welcoming Address, Democratic National Convention, International Amphitheatre, Chicago</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy. Stevenson, who was not a declared candidate, gave the convention welcoming address as Governor of Illinois. He was later nominated for President.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy.</p>
<br><b>Adlai Stevenson</b> (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman<br>Speech (1952-07-21), Welcoming Address, Democratic National Convention, International Amphitheatre, Chicago 
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		<title>Acton, John Dalberg (Lord) -- Letter (1861-01-23) to Richard Simpson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.</p>
<br><b>John Dalberg, Lord Acton</b> (1834-1902) British historian, politician, writer<br>Letter (1861-01-23) to Richard Simpson 
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