Quotes About Transparency

We want to make sure Arizona residents have the opportunity to learn about the decisions we are making and have a chance to participate in the process.

I have a problem keeping my mouth shut. I usually speak my mind. I'm trying to learn my lesson.

When police are shutting down cameras, it is a sign that they know the truth is not going to be kind to them.

If I feel I am not doing something right, I express it to people and to the media, too. I wouldn't shy away from that. It's healthy to interact. What you see is what you get with me.

I think that a man should not be shy; you should say what you really think and feel - put it out there.

I am not shy about my personal life.

Donors are sick of writing that $200 check to the Red Cross and not knowing whether it goes for the executive director's salary or the office rent.

You know the expression, 'You're only as sick as your secrets?' I believe that, and I think I try to have my work live by that to a degree.

My audience expects cold, hard truth. They don't expect me to dance around it. They expect me to say it the way they think it. That's part of my brand. If I don't do that, then my audience goes, 'What's up? Is he sick or something? What's wrong with him?' The entity has a brand.

'The Good Parts' is me telling as much as I can of the deeper sides of myself that I haven't shared before. It's like an onion that gets deeper every time you cut it.

From the day I was elected, I began focusing on governing the best way I know how - transparently, openly, and in a way that encourages debate, dialogue and discussion on all sides of an issue.

I am pleased that the President has signed an Executive Order this week requiring federal agencies to disclose information about prices and quality of healthcare services.

What I had said in the morning was that this is what we know has happened, but there has been no significant off-site release. Only to find out moments later that, in fact, there had been an off-site release. I still haven't gotten over that.

Whistleblowers often take very significant efforts to bring us material and often at very significant risks.

Credit card companies and banks usually aren't shy when they're trying to sell you something. Heck, Wells Fargo didn't even bother to ask consumers before signing them up for as many as two million checking and credit card accounts.

People tell you who they are. There are big neon signs going off. 'Pay attention! This is who I am.' And most of us put out hands a little bit over our eyes. We don't see that.

Many CEOs and leaders think that silence is indeed golden, that consensus is bliss. It is - sometimes. But more often what it signifies is that there are no respected processes for surfacing concerns and dissent.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

Liars hate silence, so they often try to fill it up by talking more than they need to. They provide far more information than was needed or asked for.

I never authorized any payments for someone to be silent. I did not buy anyone's silence.

I try to keep my filters simple. I don't do anything major to my photos.

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got.