Giulio Andreotti Quotes

The information I received as a member of the National Security Council, in my capacity as Vice—President, was so confidential that I would lose my right arm before I divulge it to anyone, even to members of my own family…

Some things simply cannot leak. And if they do leak, the government has to do something about it.

For reasons of national security and out of consideration for some people still alive I have omitted certain material. Some of this material cannot be made available for many years, perhaps for many generations.

I'm not in those top secret meetings, nor would it be appropriate - the president can't tell me what's hap - what's being said in a top secret meeting unless I have top secret clearance. I will eventually be in those meetings.

Hillary Clinton's exposed more of our top secret documents than any Secretary of State in history.

It is up to the government to keep the government's secrets.

Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.

I prefer to keep my secrets to myself, to the grave... and beyond!

Dead men tell no tales.

And I understand that, I testified in closed hearings over eight years because there are intelligence matters, there are sensitive matters that should not be held in a public hearing.

When people ask me if I have worked for the C.I.A., I often answer: what good to you is my answer? Because if I did, I might not say so.

The law does not distinguish terribly well between real secrets and sort-of secrets, especially in an age when the instinct to stamp “classified” runs rampant.

[Defining state secrets:] All state affairs which have not yet been decided upon, or which have been decided upon but not yet been made public.

The secrecy stamp … has been used to withhold information which in 99 ½ percent of the cases would present no danger to national security.

Three people can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead.

Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

I am unable to tell a quarter of a billion Americans what we are doing on their behalf, because if I did, it would become the table of contents of the training manual of the enemy.

Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

I was working for the CIA and prohibited from speaking publicly.

I do not want to respond to leaks that concern things that have to do with state secrets of the first degree.

I would never jeopardize classified information. I served my country well and loyally, and I had to sue the C.I.A. on First Amendment grounds.

I'll take a secret to my grave. I'm really good at that.

I seal that which was not to be said in the tomb that I become.

Secrets are the kind of adventure she needs. Secrets are safe, and they do much to make you different. On the inside where it counts.

Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth