Quotes About Transparency

It's amazing how much you will forgive if the behavior is truthful.

You have to be as truthful as you possibly can. That's always been my philosophy.

Let us be truthful to ourselves and the public.

I think everyone likes direct. They might not like it in a specific moment, but... I'm always gonna push 'em to do more. That's just me. I try to be truthful and honest and transparent, and if they don't like it, then so be it. And that's OK. I think they respect that and they know where I stand.

Leaders of organisations, political parties and large businesses frequently fail to talk in a straight and entirely truthful fashion.

In my world, I like everything stripped down, something that's really truthful.

I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.

When you're faced with an opponent, the media asks the questions, and I answer truthfully. I don't hold back.

I'm trying to tell a story and do it truthfully.

Answer questions truthfully and don't exaggerate your experience. Lies will come back to haunt you.

I answered their questions truthfully and honestly, but I would prefer not to say more. I assume the information was routed back and that is why I was not called to testify.

I have a very intrusive life, I guess you could say. I think that a lot of people know too much about me, truthfully.

Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.

You know, I think what the American people want more than anything else right now is someone who's just going to look them in the eye and tell them the truth, even some truths that they don't like. And - but they have to believe the person's speaking from their heart and are authentic.

I do not try to play a role. I feel good being myself and saying what I think.

What people think in their heart gets out, no matter how much they try to hide it.

I try to be as clear and straight as I can in what I am putting forward. I think people are fed up with politicians where there are lots of bland lines to take.

I try to see others as they are and also to show myself as I am.

It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don't try to give them half the story. You don't try to hide the story. You treat them as - as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate.

I'm trying to be as real as I can and I'm being myself. I'm not gonna create an act.

If you're real, you've never got anything to hide away from. You're not trying to fake anything, you're not trying to have this other persona - you're just yourself. And if I could be myself for as long as possible, I will.

I'm an honest dude, not trying to be anything other than who I am.

There's not much difference between what I appear to be on stage and what I am. I think people like that, that I'm not trying to pull a caper.

The ability of the press to print their stories without the government trying to get them to betray their sources is as essential to a free press as the ink it is printed with. Otherwise, who will hold accountable those who hold power over us?