This man is near and dear to my heart.
“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them ... But to cover with the veil of secrecy the common routine of business, is an abomination in the eyes of every intelligent man, and every friend to his country,” said Founding Father Patrick Henry in his June 1788 speech to the Virginia Convention.
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