“We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.”
“State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy.”
| Charles G. Dawes, Vice President (1865) |
| Bernard Ebbers, Businessman (1941) |
| Tom Ford, Designer (1961) |
| Johann Georg Hamann, Philosopher (1730) |
| Lyndon B. Johnson, President (1908) |
| Tony Kanal, Musician (1970) |
| Bob Kerrey, Politician (1943) |
| Bernhard Langer, Athlete (1957) |
| Frank Leahy, Coach (1908) |
| Gracie Allen, Comedian (1964) |
| Bennett Cerf, Journalist (1971) |
| Brian Epstein, Businessman (1967) |
| Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author (1865) |
| Frank Harris, Author (1931) |
| Childe Hassam, Artist (1935) |
| Barbara Johnson, Critic (2009) |
| Ernest Lawrence, Scientist (1958) |