I have always believed that freedom of information is so vital that only the national security, not the desire of public officials or private citizen… - Lyndon B. Johnson

Our purpose is not — and shall never be-either the quest for power or the desire to punish. We seek to increase the power of the people over all their governments, not to enhance the power of the Federal Government over any of the people. For the life of this Republic, our people have zealously guarded their liberty against abuses of power by their governments. The one weapon they have used is the mightiest weapon in the arsenal of democracy — the vote. This has been enough, for as Woodrow Wilson said, "The instrument of all reform in America is the ballot."

It's probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.

Of those to whom much is given, much is asked. I cannot say and no man could say that no more will be asked of us.