Quotes About Transparency

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don't have any flaws.

As a journalist, you have to have multiple sources and verifiable science, and when you've done that and satisfied the most skeptical voice in your head, you have an obligation to ride through the streets - let people know what's going on.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

And this week, I am proposing legislation to strengthen our Open Records laws to make public access to our public records surer, faster, and more comprehensive.

I haven't seen 'The Empire Strikes Back' - I'm not gonna lie.

I think most of America is seeing the strings behind the campaign, and sees the crass political maneuvers that people are making. I mean, they're extremely apparent to me.

I'm genuine! I've not got some dark, shadowy corporation behind me pulling the strings.

When we strip away the clothes, the jewelry, that's who we really are. I walk around naked in my house.

I think increasingly I really come to appreciate the people, the politicians, the interviewees, of any stripe and size who are able to answer a question. It seems such a small, gentle thing to demand in 2019 but it has actually become the biggest ask that we can make.

Working on 'Honeymoon,' an independent movie, was almost like working on TV with the space, and everything was stripped down - costume and hair and makeup. There was very little to hide behind, and you absolutely had to create the character from within.

The best strips are the most honest. That's just the truth of it.

None of us are perfect, but the truth is important and it is something we should all strive for.

In my work, I'm always striving to be as honest as possible.

You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?

The more you're real with people, and the more you let people help you, the more they get to understand how you operate as an entrepreneur. The stronger that relationship is, then the more likely there's a future together in that relationship.

I have no secrets. I decided very early on in life that the strongest position was to be completely open.

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.

I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.

President Clinton intentionally created a structure that was a little loose. And one that kept him a little in the center. He didn't want one person filtering all the information that went to him. He had always operated with a lot of information coming in and a lot of stuff going out.

Exposing police lying is difficult largely because it is rare for the police to admit their own lies or to acknowledge the lies of other officers. This reluctance derives partly from the code of silence that governs police practice and from the ways in which the system of mass incarceration is structured to reward dishonesty.

Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity. And part of that activity is honesty.

I have always been honest with my fans, which means being open about any struggles I have had along the way.

Nothing helps make a leader more approachable than admitting your struggles, screw-ups and behind-the-scenes thinking on hard calls. If the leader makes this a priority, the whole company will be more open and methodical learning from failure.