All the religiosity around worries me—doesn’t it you? — Arthur C. Clarke

Such craziness captured media attention, but was fortunately still rare.

You know, we’re not used to secrecy up here. It’s not encouraged. We all have to work together to keep alive. Secrecy is corrosive, Professor, bad for morale.

Democracy is our most important possession. If we throw it away when the going gets tough, we might never get it back.