Quotes About Transparency

My parents made the decision not to hide reality from the kids. If that came on the news while we were eating dinner, they didn't jump up and change the channels to some whitebeard sitcom. It was discussed with the kids at a very early age. Early on, I had very strong views about wars, corruption, and what is now called environmentalism.

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.

America's experience -- and that of many other nations ... teaches that fostering entrepreneurship is not just about crafting the right economic policy or developing the best educational curriculum. It's about creating a free political climate in which ideas and innovation can flourish. Simply put, governments that protect liberties, embrace transparency allow for vibrant civil societies, give women equal opportunity, they are the ones that pave the way for thriving cultures.

Public servants are obliged to level with everybody, whether or not they'll like what he has to say.

The vision is really about empowering workers giving them all the information about what's going on so they can do a lot more than they've done in the past.

Leaders: Your job in the future is to create a space where others feel save being vulnerable. Where fears and failures are openly discussed and used as lessons moving forward.

I think there's been a decline in the public's access to what's being done with their tax dollars, what's being done in their name. I hope that that will be repaired.

A writer doesn't owe a reader hope—the only obligation is honesty...

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The end of the world is no time to keep the American people uninformed.

I would rather people take me as straightforward and not have to wonder if I'm kidding or not. Because what I have to say, and what I'm interested in doing and communicating, is worthwhile enough that I don't want to muck it up with people being confused about where I'm really coming from.

TV can keep you honest because the viewers really do listen. People who have succeeded in this have shown the audience how hard they work and that their reporting is really worthwhile.

When all Americans believe that the people we elect deserve to be in power, that their conduct in office is worthy of respect, and that they can be held accountable for their decisions, our politics will finally be worthy of our great people.

If you think too-big-to-fail banks are not worthy of investment because of their impossible-to-read balance sheets, well then, don't buy them.

It's not all Instagram worthy!

We pride ourselves on our democracy, but when you see the way it actually works, I think it is worthy of contempt.

I've never done anything because I thought it would look cool.

Sometimes people look at television personalities and say, 'Wow, they've never had any problems.' And I really wanted people to know that hadn't been my path. I want people to know the real me underneath.

I never want to hide my wrestling background.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

It is impossible to talk or to write without apparently throwing oneself helplessly open.

It is also true that one can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one's own personality. Good prose is like a windowpane.

A writer's job is to tell the truth.