Quotes About Transparency

An honest answer is an act of love.

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.

Ask me no questions, and I will tell you no lies.

The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

while he talked she began to see herself as a shape, an outline, with all the detail filled in around it while the shape itself remained blank

you had said those things to him, you understand, you would have heard some truths in return. If you had been frank you would have elicited frankness.

He didn't wear his heart on his sleeve, exactly, but he did keep it in a place where I could see it.

If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take.

As a legislator, I saw how effective I could be by being transparent, posting and explaining all of my votes.

If we really mean that people's votes are to be counted, the timelines ought to exist around what it takes to count every vote.

Voters should know what their representative is doing, what votes he casts, and who he pays, so my office will make this data readily available in a way which is easy to understand.

Politics isn't my cup of tea. I can't lie all the time, beg for votes or put down other politicians.

Boston must take every opportunity to move toward transparent, accountable, equitable development for public health and shared prosperity. That starts with using our votes and our voices to fight for a development approvals process that serves our communities.

Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed.

I think the American people deserve to have the issues debated, regardless of which side they're on, so that they are fully aware of what their representatives and senators are voting for and voting against.

From casting to counting, our votes must be better protected in all voting systems.

So that they can actually make it known to the American people before they vote what they're voting for.

Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail.

Concealing one's true medical condition from the voting public is a time-honored tradition of the American presidency.

We vow to achieve a new political landscape that is clean.

I started to admit vulnerabilities and things that I was trying to hide before. Shyness, anxiety, guilt and all those things that I have in me are now quite freely shown.

Strength, to me, is about exposing vulnerabilities and foibles and facts and people that are honest.

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

It's true that robust governance structures, checks and balances, transparency of markets, directionally leads to... less vulnerability to corruption.