Quotes About Transparency

Transparency in government leads to reduced corruption.

I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

I dream of a Digital India where technology ensures the Citizen-Government interface is incorruptible.

The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.

In Britain the government has to come down in front of Parliament every day to explain its actions, but here the President never answers directly to Congress.

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to... bare the secrets of government and inform the people.

Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.

In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.

In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell.

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.

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.

Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: "Look out! They're about to smack you around again!

Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health.

If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter

I think it is in the interest of the people of [Serbia] that no one, not even the government, can get away with the crime, whoever the victim.

I think it's radical to censor information because the government asks you to. That's radical.

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.