Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1668 |
| AUTHOR: | John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (1834–1902) |
| QUOTATION: | Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to |
| SUBJECTS: | Secrecy |