It was funny how I could feel all alone and under surveillance at the same time.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

I will never again command an army in America if we must carry along paid spies. I will banish myself to some foreign country first.

There is a sickness among tyrants: they cannot trust their friends.

Guard more faithfully the secret which is confided to you than the money which is entrusted to your care.

If you read somebody’s diary, you get what you deserve.

Secrecy lies at the very core of power.

Nothing is hidden from the eyes of the observing world.

A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.