Quotes About Transparency

Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme.

A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.

I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong.

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

We should never forget the government should be held accountable for providing services.

My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.

Democracy cannot meaningfully function without an informed citizenry, and such a citizenry is impossible without broad public access to information about the operations of government.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to fear or shy away from interacting with the public.

Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's going on in the Chamber is an important part of that.

I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything.

Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day.

As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.

My first warning is to my government officers to not presume citizens as thieves.

You do not give preferred deals and dole out favors, lucrative favors, and government partnerships and weapons deals to your clients.

Leaks are good. There is too much secrecy in our government. Sometimes the government knows about a problem and it takes a leak to embarrass the bureaucracy and get them to do something about it.

We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.

The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers.

One of the things I think is really problematic about something like [government] spyware is that it isn't transparent - because of that anonymity and that secrecy, there aren't laws to regulate it.

A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.

In terms of the Patriot Act, and all the other things he has pledged he would do, such as transparency in government,[Barack] Obama has reneged on his promises.