Quotes About Transparency

Mayors are accountable. Local governments are accountable.

I have to tell you, I'll be right up front about it: I'm the governor of the state of Connecticut, and I can't write anything well.

My four years as governor, I never met with a lobbyist once, never. Not one lobbyist got in my office.

When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.

I will work with the governor no matter who the governor is. And I will always be Maya Wiley when I do it. That means I will call it as I see it.

Cameras in the courtroom is a great idea.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

I'm a gross human being.

Accountability and democratic choice, I deeply believe, are guaranteed by rigorous scrutiny only.

We have to lower our guard and know saying something's wrong isn't a bad thing.

It takes guts to realize you screwed up and to then come clean without any excuses.

Trust is a fragile commodity. Know your code of conduct and the values you stand for. Remember: if you wouldn't want to explain it on '60 Minutes,' don't do it.

Second, agree to acknowledge your anger to each other. When you are angry with each other, give the other the benefit of knowing what you are feeling. Otherwise, the spouse must guess based on your behavior. Such "guessing games" are a waste of time and usually not very accurate.

Keep yourself completely above reproach; avoid even the appearance of wrongdoing (see 1 Thessalonians 5:22, KJV).

An open rebuke is better than hidden love! —Proverbs 27:5

Honesty and grace. You can try to find something better beyond that, but you won't.

The man, still kneeling, must have understood the cause of my tears, for he said, 'It is true, Christine! ... I am not an Angel, nor a genius, nor a ghost ... I am Erik!

From its earliest days, NASA had followed a policy of maximum, though prudent, disclosure. We had to do everything openly—and soon under intensive, live TV coverage.

Die Staatsform muss ein durchsichtiges Gewand sein, das sich dicht an den Leib des Volkes schmiegt.

Many breeders, breed clubs and apparently the AKC believe that the less you talk about a problem, the more likely it is to go away.

So it is clear that genetic diseases can be controlled, but they cannot be controlled by being hidden.

Not, is it simple, but, is it clear.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all.