"General, the secret weapon is ready to fire" 'Oh gosh, wait a moment, I just realized that as soon as we fire the secret weapon it stops being a secret, that'

"General, the secret weapon is ready to fire" 'Oh gosh, wait a moment, I just realized that as soon as we fire the secret weapon it stops being a secret, that's like 99% of the value of it - we must forever abstain from firing the secret weapon so that we always maintain a position of power where we have a secret weapon we can fire - but golly gee willikers make sure our enemies never discover our secret weapon!'