"The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without
formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny
him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and
the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or
Communist." ~~Winston Churchill

= "The mission of the Gestapo expanded steadily as, from 1933 onward,
'political criminality' was given a much broader definition than
ever before and most forms of dissent and criticism were gradually
criminalized. The result was that more 'laws' or lawlike measures
were put on the books than ever." - -- Shelia Fitzpatrick - Source:
Accusatory Practices: Denunciation in Modern European History,
1789-1989, 1997

= "Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice;
nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and
publicity." Lord Acton - [John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton]
(1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham - Source: Letter, 23
January 1861

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