Quotes About Transparency

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

Without integrity, no company can have positive word of mouth

In rejecting secrecy I had also rejected the road to cynicism.

To the extent that we can shine a light on the bad things being done, that's going to have a positive impact.

If subordinates, or people in general, know that they genuinely have easy access to their leader, they'll tend to view the leader in a more positive, trustworthy light.

Sometimes the truth hurts because it uncovers the lies people are living

Authenticity is hard to fake

Do not hide behind any mask

If you like or dislike something about them, Say it to their face.

Do not deceive yourself

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.

The thing that I really want to try and do is just live my life really openly and honestly. I think there's so much power in that, as simple as it is.

Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else.

Injustice and corruption will never be transformed by keeping them hidden, but only by bringing them out into the light and confronting them with the power of love.

It's the company itself, but most of these mutual fund companies, the guy who runs the company is just a fact totem and the guy who runs the money is the power. But we really don't know who they are.

Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.

Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.

Secretive power loathes journalists who do their job: who push back screens, peer behind façades, lift rocks. Opprobrium from on high is their badge of honour.

Surveillance of power is one of the most important ways to ensure that power does not abuse its status. But, of course, power does not like to be watched.

Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

She thought you should be able to keep your private life private for any reason or for no reason. She even felt that way about politicians—so long as they weren't hypocrites—and worried that we'd never find enough good and interesting people to run for office if we pried into every corner of their past.

when someone says he wants to be perfectly straightforward with us, we should be on the lookout for a concealed dagger.