Quotes About Transparency

The House of Commons has inquired into most things, but has never had a committee on "the Queen". There is no authentic blue-book to say what she does. Such an investigation cannot take place; but if it could, it would probably save her much vexatious routine, and many toilsome and unnecessary hours.

I think you've got to be truthful about the life you have. Otherwise, there's no possibility of achieving the life you want.

Trying to distract Jane, I talked far too much. During the few months of our marriage I had told my doctor-bride almost nothing about myself, and the drive became a mobile autobiography that unwound my earlier life along with the kilometres of dust, insects and sun.

Of that day in which everything was just too beautiful in the transparent winter air, what I remember most is the sight, when I turned back to look, of Hitoshi's black jacket melting into the darkness.

Creo que, a la larga, ir con la verdad por delante es lo que mejores resultados da.

If you don't say what you're thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up

I never tell my boyfriend that I'm busy when I'm not. No matter how effective they are, cheap techniques like that just don't agree with me. So it's always okay, it's always all right. In my opinion the surest way to hook a man is to be as open with him as possible.

I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.

Our shadows are often behind us, where others can see them better than we can.

many who claimed to want the truth actually wanted anything but.

I'm not saying don't do it. I'm just saying don't pretend it's not a big deal when it obviously is.

When the truth emerges, it can't be ignored. Nor will it wait.

Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.

Doug's office was a Pandora's box that, once opened, gushed with condemning information. Emily was nearly as stunned by the ease of her access to it, as by its quantity. He hadn't camouflaged anything. It was all there for the taking. Apparently it hadn't occurred to the bastard that she would look.

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

Horses are honest. They don't hide their feelings. If they want to kick you, they kick you. People will wait for the most opportune moment, and then they kick you.

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We must educate the public. The average person has no idea of what's going on in factory farms, in laboratories, circuses, roadside zoos or rodeos.

I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from citizens.

Why do a reality show if you're going to be fake?

When you do a reality show and host shows, it's hard to have secrets.