“If anything, we are going to see more and more things shielded from public view rather than fewer; that's been the trend.”
Amanda Martin
“Partisan party considerations and public funds and cost should not mix.”
Lino Spiteri
“One should not attempt to buy private loyalty with public money.”
“The role was carved out for government backbenchers purely for Nationalist Party reasons, not to satisfy any constitutional and public need, as in the case of Cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries, who head the Executive according to the democratic separation of powers.”
“The government's attempts to shield evidence of its own misconduct from public scrutiny ultimately proved to be futile.”
Amrit Singh
“Last of all Hurin stood alone. Then he cast aside his shield, and wielded an axe two-handed; and it is sung that the axe smoked in the black blood of the troll-guard of Gothmog until it withered, and each time that he slew Hurin cried 'Aure entuluva!”
J.R.R. Tolkien
“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.”
Charles de Montesquieu
