Quotes About Transparency

When you're used to being in the public eye, if you've got a disease, you've got to own up to it. It's about being about it, not running from it.

Sometimes I got scared of being too honest, because being in the public eye, I have always tried to hide my personal life. But I realized that isn't healthy.

Some people in the public eye are hardline, like, 'We don't share anything about ourselves.' And that's fine.

I feel that responsibility to really be authentic with people because I think that's what they deserve, especially in a time when it's very easy for people in the public eye to sort of cultivate an image.

It really irritates me when I see people in the public eye who pretend they do it all and I know they don't.

Because I'm a very public figure, everybody knows what my returns are.

As a public figure, you have to maintain a certain demeanor. We also have responsibility to the public, but of course, I'm not perfect. I have a lot of flaws; my husband can tell you that, my friends, even. They know who I am.

I'm a public figure. It's up to me to take the initiative to explain things. It's my responsibility.

I know I could have a better public image if I were less open, if I ducked more issues and didn't speak out. But it's not my nature.

When a donor is asked to contribute to a group whose innocuous-sounding name makes it appear to be doing work in the public interest, that donor should have a clear picture of where his or her money is going.

As an elected official, I live a very public life. That elected figures live under something of a microscope is perhaps a necessary condition for an informed public, and yet, even as a public official, I maintain very personal documents that are not intended for public view.

Most elected officials don't want you to know about the world of political fundraising because they fear that it paints an unflattering portrait of public life.

Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.

I've been in public office now 14 years, I've been a senior minister for six. There's pretty much a fair bit out there about the kind of person I am and how I apply myself to the job.

It's crucial to democracy and good government to scrutinize our public officials.

Governments can no longer control 100 percent of the story. Time and geographical boundaries disappear. In places like China and all over the Middle East, social-media outlets are being used to expose and hold accountable public officials that don't want to be held accountable for corruption and human rights abuses.

In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how they conduct the people's business.

All public officials, including the secretary of state, must be held accountable.

You cannot have Rwanda again because information would come out far more quickly about what is actually going on, and the public opinion would grow to the point where action would need to be taken.

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions!

It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account.

If public servants are freely allowed to take up lucrative post retirement jobs with companies to whom they have awarded contracts while they were in government, it would open up an easy way for companies to bribe public servants by offering them lucrative post retirement jobs.

If Freemasons won't be completely open about their membership, should we not say that in all cases membership is incompatible with public service? Asking public servants to either confirm they are not a member of a masonic organisation or to be open when they are won't fully excise the backroom deals or the stench of privilege.

My firm belief is that people who aspire to public service should have the best advice up front, as they decide whether to run and the people decide whether to support them.