Quotes About Transparency

Washington culture has always had a difficult time acknowledging untruth.

That's what's good about the digital revolution is it makes information asymmetry much harder to maintain.

Digital is the only way to get rid of corruption and unaccounted cash.

There is no diplomacy like candor.

I was never the diplomatic diplomat.

There are a lot of times when people are diplomatic about things, and I'm not that type. I'm not afraid to say exactly what I mean.

I am not a diplomatic person.

I am a direct person.

The best way to direct kids is to be natural and honest.

I have always liked to speak to people very directly.

I say things directly and to the point because I don't know anything else.

I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.

The biggest word in football, and it's a dirty word - no one likes to use it - is accountability.

Clearly, dirty election rolls can mean dirty elections.

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.

More money is being spent on our elections, with less disclosure of where that money is coming from, than ever before.

I have no discretion when it comes to airing things.

My door is open 24 hours. We can discuss things - I don't think I'm a magician or the only guy who knows anything about football.

When the FOIA law was first being discussed, every federal agency opposed it.

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

I just never want to do anything that's going to compromise what I do. It would have to be a song where there would be honest discussion about something.

Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.

A lot of discussions and debates happen in our party. Isn't it good to have a democratically run party rather than a dynastic one? So obviously, discussions do happen, and they are for the good.

I loathe people who are disingenuous or inauthentic.