Quotes About Transparency

There is no accountability in soft money. None.

... some day you will have to give an account for every penny you spent.

We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.

Doing good business - being ethical, being transparent, being caring, implementing values in your business - makes a difference, and you make money at the same time.

There's a dark underside to philanthropy. People who give a bunch of money are deferred to, even when they are wrong. The emperor cannot be shown to have no clothes.

I call it the Rule of Three. If you read a company's financial statements three times, and you still can't figure out how they make their money, that's usually for a reason.

It seems only reasonable that the people have a right to know virtually everything about the personality they are buying each time they put their money through the box office

If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it.

We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent.

Stealing money from your parents - I feel like I did that a lot and I now know as an adult that your parents knew how much money they had. Nobody was being fooled.

As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told.

I don't take PAC money. I don't take special interest money.

Secret bank accounts are for laundering dirty money. Heads of state at the UN should put an end them. That would be the best way of tracking down the drug traffickers.

I think it would be interesting to know about the Federal Reserve. I think we should audit the Federal Reserve - it's taxpayer's money that's being used there.

I'm not like paparazzi. I never force myself on anyone. I always ask, and some places offer money. And so I try and get these photos to give you, the viewer, a real look at what I was seeing.

Before we give the government any more money, show us some receipts.

Anything you can do to protect the public and allow it to have the confidence that our financial controls are good is very, very positive.

We can say, "if you want government money, you have to make this data public - you have to share it."

Too many people are setting up ways to raise money that are questionable.

Let's treat politicians like Twinkies. They have to disclose their ingredients - i.e., where their money is from - but beyond that, let the buyer beware.

Every organization, no matter who it is, just follow the money.

I don't let nobody sign for my money. Me and my wife write our own checks. So, if there's some money missing, we know how it got missing.

I am committed to curbing the influence of money in our political system.

An abundance of money, alcohol, or power doesn't change you, it simply reveals who you truly are.