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Quotes About Transparency

No, you are not the nameless master of the world, the one on whom history had lost its hold, the one who no longer felt the rain falling, who did not see the approach of night. You are no longer the inaccessible, the limpid, the transparent one. You are afraid, you are waiting. You are waiting, on Place Clichy, for the rain to stop falling.
~ Georges Perec
I am relieved. May I now have the truth?
~ Georgette Heyer
We are demanding police transparency and accountability so we can build trust and work together to make our communities safer.
~ Malcolm Jenkins
The aim of open government is to take advantage of the know-how and entrepreneurial spirit of those outside government institutions to work together with those inside government to solve problems.
~ Beth Simone Noveck
Black, white and brown people have to work together to find new answers. The only way we can stop the systemic problems that people of color have faced all our lives is through honesty and transparency.
~ Dwane Casey
We welcome the scrutiny of the world - because what you see in America is a country that has steadily worked to address our problems and make our union more perfect.
~ Barack Obama
None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events.
~ James Nachtwey
A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.
~ Ed Miliband
Fighting public corruption is essential to preserving a working democracy that people have confidence in. I said that time and again on the campaign trail, and that's why it's such a high priority for me.
~ Josh Hawley
I'd rather be a working actor and not hiding anything in my personal life.
~ Jonathan Groff
You can get in front of the media and say, 'Yeah, I'm working hard.' You can't do it in front of those other 52 guys in the locker room. You can't fool your teammates, because they see you. They see you every day, and they see you more than your family sees you.
~ Shannon Sharpe
Working together, they will dig out the truth and nothing but the truth about what happened in '99, to assign responsibility, and to look at the institutional failings.
~ Jose Ramos-Horta
Enterprise customers have been working together with us for a long time, they trust us, and we just keep everything open and transparent.
~ Eric Yuan
With upper- and middle-class lawns, there's more hidden, whereas with working-class or poor lawns, there's more out to see. It just sits right out there. Very honest. Like the people.
~ Carolyn Chute
I have a tell-all book about where I came from, as well as a workout video.
~ Michael Sorrentino
Our State Senate must lead by example, restore trust and transparency, stop sweeping workplace misconduct under the rug, and do everything we can to protect women who work in and around the Capitol.
~ Kevin de Leon
Being transparent about parental leave and pay policies will help build a workplace culture where men also feel supported in taking on their fair share of caring responsibilities.
~ Jo Swinson
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.
~ Herbert Hoover
The free market is at its best when everybody works in a fish bowl and tells you their point of view... The hedge funds and portfolio managers have a right to do this... We've muted the analysts and their presence in the system.
~ Mario Gabelli
Anderson's muckraking is one of debatable ends constantly used to justify questionable works.
~ Thomas Griffith
Digital has really made the fashion industry a lot more transparent. So people can see and understand how the industry really works, and participate in an industry that was very inaccessible to people. The only thing that people used to see before was the end product. Anyone can participate in it now.
~ Imran Amed
The president - every president - works for us. We don't work for him. We sometimes lose track of this, or rather get the balance wrong. Respect is due and must be palpable, but now and then you have to press, to either force them to be forthcoming or force them to reveal that they won't be.
~ Peggy Noonan
By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent.
~ Mark Zuckerberg
The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.
~ Billy Graham