Quotes About Transparency

The congressman sends out a tremendous subpoena, they want to see the e-mails, and they delete the e-mails. I can't think of anything, in terms of we're talking about, much more serious than that.

If someone wants to make a joke about me smoking too much pot, I'm not going to get mad at them, because I've put it out there that that's what I do.

I've always tried to be the person who says things no one else wants to say. I've always kept it in house, as opposed to going to the papers.

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.

When we report stories, we don't just want to talk to people who did the right thing. We want to talk to people who did the wrong thing.

People want the truth, even if they disagree.

I get so used to saying what I think people want to hear, I forget they might just want the truth sometimes.

If we are honest and fair, then we are known by that. If we are not, alas, we are known by that as well. What we want to do is do right, but you have to say it, you have to show it, and not stop.

I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt.

If you ask me what people want from me, they would probably just want me to be true to what I'm doing.

Win or lose, people know what you want to do.

This willingness to be frank and plain about the way that the world is, is a good first step. But that doesn't mean that you get what you want.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

I like people who don't tell you what you want to hear.

I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers.

I hope to shine through my transparency and just let people know that we are all the same. I want children to look at things different like "You're shining too! You just shine in a different way."

The only people who don't want to disclose the truth are the people with something to hide.

Justice needs to be served, what I think people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth. That's what people around the country expect.

Obviously, if Congress wants to talk about anything, we're happy to provide information. We're committed to moving forward under the current act.

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.

Here's what I've found in Louisiana: The voters want to know what you believe, what you stand for, and what you plan to do, not what shade your skin is.

Information wants to be free. Believe it.

Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything.

Adults end up shading things and shading the truth, and you end up lying and telling people what they want to hear.