Ariel Sharon Quotes

Truth fears nothing but concealment. Veritas nihil veretur nisi abscondi.

History can never be covered up.

Hide nothing. It always gets found out.

Once exposed, a secret loses all its power.

It is inconceivable that anyone could say we have tried to hide anything

The only people who don't want to disclose the truth are the people with something to hide.

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

We don't need secrecy.

I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

We don't want to keep secrets anymore.

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

What is important is that you're honest with the American people.

A fault is fostered by concealment.

Government ought to be all outside and no inside [for] corruption thrives in secret places [and] it [is] a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety.

The truth won't stay hidden and will come out.

Cover-ups don’t work.

Public disclosure is one of the great disinfectants ever invented.

There are more secrets, but there is not more secrecy.

Things can’t be kept secret forever.

You don’t tell the truth just some of the time… The American people deserve the truth all of the time.

Government will have to learn what private businesses are beginning to realize that in this increasingly transparent world, the successful organizations will be those that are able to operate with very few secrets…. The cost of maintaining secrecy is getting higher and higher even when it can be done at all.

Truth will come to light; murder cannot be hid long.

Governments pale in the face of truth. It’s the one thing they fear most.