A Quote by Stephen Hawking
Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.
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If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it.
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All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust. The American people are uncomfortable with government activities that do not take place in the open, subject to public scrutiny and review.
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Public scrutiny is a part of the profession. And I kind of enjoy it.
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There was no measure that required greater caution or more severe scrutiny than one to impose taxes or raise a loan, be the form what it may. I hold that government has no right to do either, except when the public service makes it imperiously necessary, and then only to the extent that it requires.
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