On the recordJuly 21, 2011
Absolutely. Absolutely. Look, the American people understand that power is most dangerous in government when it is consolidated into the hands of a few people. It becomes even more dangerous when that power is wielded under cover of darkness. The great thing about sunlight is it illuminates and it disinfects. We need that illumination and that disinfectant during that process, because it is corrupt. A process that allows something of such profound importance to be decided by a handful of people, who tell their colleagues: You plebeians don't worry about it; this is for us high- minded people; we will decide; you will follow; and we will do it in such a way that you won't have time to read it, to review it, to debate it, to discuss it; this is corrupt, and it has to end.
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