“The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it.”
What lends credence to the idea that people of influence are somehow working in the shadows to undermine the very people who voted them into office is the fact that out of the 45 men that have held the top job, a bewildering 20 of them have been affiliated to organizations that could arguably have the prefix ‘secret’ attached to it.
So, let’s have a look at the early days of our country and discover which of the first presidents hitched their wagon to the Freemasons and what influence that may have had, if any, on the landscape of American politics.
