As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people … - Al Gore

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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes - I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over.

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As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.

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