Quotes About Transparency

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics around the world has very often been captured by big interests - 'lobbies' they call them in the States.

My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web.

Writing is like sausage making in my view; you'll all be happier in the end if you just eat the final product without knowing what's gone into it.

Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

If you would write the truth, you must first become the truth.

As with the douchebags of the world, calling an asshole an asshole sometimes is exactly what needs to happen.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

Chantal's only ruse ... was her shattering simplicity.

When writing of oneself one should show no mercy.

True intimacy comes from honesty, not the illusion of sweetness.

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart-it's all a man has.

Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning.

Most people would rather be seen through than not seen at all.

What runs through a person like water through a sieve.

The best brought-up children are those who have seen their parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the parents' first duty.

I have said what I meant and meant what I said. I have not done as well as I should like to have done, but I have done my best, frankly and forth-rightly; no man can do more, and you are entitled to no less.

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for then we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.

Let your requests be made known unto God.