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Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. – Jeremy Bentham

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The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a days time they will have turned it into a Hell. – Jeremy Bentham

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