Quotes About Transparency

Organising free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.

We're not big on irony in Jamaica, sarcasm and double-talk. We tend to say things plainly, sometimes to the point of boredom.

I admire actresses like Jennifer Lawrence, who says what she thinks.

My real name - my real name is Jennifer Caban.

If you could see the instructions that I gave Jerry to begin with, I'd be embarrassed.

I'm not Joe Paterno. Somebody didn't come and tell me Bernie Fine did something and I'm hiding it.

We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law.

Telling the truth can be a dirty job.

Teling a little would ultimately mean telling a lot.

There be many wise men, that have secret hearts, and transparent countenances.

Let us wash the cosmetics from our souls and look at the unadorned condition of our hearts.

highly corrupt governments usually have big problems in delivering services, enforcing laws, and representing the public interest.

If we do what we think is right, not try to point-score, people will begin to trust us.

Mas, vulgo, pues sé quién eres, a la larga o a la corta diga yo lo que me importa y di tú lo que quisieres.

en México «hay un pacto de impunidad tácito entre los políticos». Los políticos no investigan a otros políticos;

Healing takes place when grievances are given ample and patient space to be acknowledged, when there is transparency and honesty, when everybody is given the chance to be heard, when nobody is excluded, when people can accept the energy of the conflict and use it as a major opportunity for growth.

You have complete permission to enter my mind, probing all my thoughts, looking for whatever you need to know. There is nothing I intend to hide from you. No matter what you will find, either luminous or dark, you can rest assured that in my heart I deeply love you and I want the best for you, and... I do mean you!

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

Imagine that our hardships, our hurdles, our demons, our pain were spelled out for everyone around us to see. Imagine that each of us donned a sandwich board that itemized them.

A friend should always be quite clear what your attitude was on any subject, there should be no prevarication, and if people offended you or merited your disapproval, you should be utterly frank with them.

At the time, BT wasn't yet known as the bank where—according to one infamous derivatives salesman—they "lure people into that calm and then just totally fuck 'em." To most of the world, this was still a secret. I had assumed that BT was in business to make as much money as it could. Had I known BT's approach to clients was to "totally fuck 'em," my favorable view of the bank might have changed. Perhaps it would have improved.

Stop lying. There isn't enough time left.

Politically I am absolutely honest, which is to say, as honest as possible; which is to say, honest more or less; which is to say, far more honest than the general.

Too much truth is uncouth.