Quotes About Transparency

If we think that democracy is a good thing, then we must believe that the public should know as much as possible about what the government it elects is doing. Snowden has said that he made the disclosures because "the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong.

When has the government ever told anyone the truth?

when all the openings were closed, then the worlds would all be restored to their proper relations with one another, Lyra's Oxford and Will's would lie over each other again, like transparent images on two sheets of film being moved closer and closer until they merged–although they would never truly touch.

I think we need to tell each other everything we've found out. And it'll take us a good long time, and we might as well keep our hands busy while we're doing it, so

And we have the right to refuse to guide them if they lie, or if they hold anything back, or if they have nothing to tell us. If they live in the world, they should see and touch and hear and love and learn things. We shall make an exception for infants who have not had time to learn anything, but otherwise, if they come down here bringing nothing, we shall not guide them out.

Everything undeniably true struck me as transparently false as soon as I wrote it down, and the greater the effort to be sincere, the worse it went.

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Fig. 8.2. Trust Realms The

Don't tell lies, or even exaggerate. At all. Ever. 3.

The trick of earning trust is to avoid all tricks.

Decide the outer boundaries of the kanban system. It is often best to limit this to the immediate span of political control. Do not force visualization, transparency, and WIP limits on any department that does not volunteer to collaborate.

Jesus said, "Nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light" (Luke 8:17).

She is so lost in her sadness that she has no idea how visible it is.

I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt.

Because when a guy's a jerk or an asshole, it's easier because you know exactly where you stand.

Do I really have to find a word for it? Can't it just be what it is?

If I'm not telling you something, it's for a reason. Just because you trust me, it doesn't mean I have to automatically trust you. Trust doesn't work like that.

Sharing truth is not the kind of gift that comes in wrapping paper - ripped open once and, there, you're done. No, this is a gift that must be unfolded.

The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest.

I instantly feel like the world has turned to glass. Every moment is delicate. Every movement is a risk.

Like everyone else, Avery considers his inner world to be a scary, convoluted, inscrutable place. It is one thing to show someone your best, cleanest version. It's quite another to make him aware of your deeper, jagged self.

i want to say to her: i just want to be myself. and i want to be with someone who's just himself. that's all. i want to see through all the performance and all the pretending and get right to the truth.

The truth feels different from other things. The closest you can come to describing it is that it feels like taking a perfect breath.

The truth doesn't have to advertise itself. All the truth needs to be is true.