about disclosure

“When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, ‘This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,’ the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives.”

“Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything – you can’t conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.”

~ Robert A. Heinlein, “If This Goes On” (1940)

 

Quando un governo o qualsiasi chiesa si impegna a dire al popolo: ‚Questo non si può leggere, questo non si deve vedere, questo è proibito conoscere,‘ il risultato finale è sempre la tirannia e l’oppressione, non importa quanto ‚divine‘ saranno le motivazioni.

 

Quand un gouvernement ou une église s’engage à dire: «Ce ne pouvez pas lire, ce ne devont pas voir, cela vous est interdit de savoir,« le résultat final est toujours la tyrannie et l’oppression, n’est pas important que motif divines qu’il s’agit.