Quotes About Transparency

When Cromwell instructed his portraitist to paint him 'warts and all', he meant both halves of that equation. To teach the warts alone is morbid and unhealthy.

Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.

Many of the most important stories in the history of modern journalism have come from sources who have taken information without authorization.

A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them.

Don't date a woman who gives you a pager number instead of a home number (she's looking for control).

Sometimes just watching a person doing the things they would only do at home lets you know who they really are.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest

I'll tell you what the public likes more than anything, it's the most rare commodity in the world - honesty.

The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.

Honesty is all you need.

Beautiful faces are those that wear — It matters little if dark or fair — Whole-souled honesty printed there.

Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.

Honesty is the best policy.

Integrity makes my job easier. It's deception and dishonesty that requires so much diligent effort.

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.

Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.

Honesty may not be the best policy, but it is worth trying once in a while.

Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

Intellectual honesty consists in stating the precise conditions under which one will give up one's belief.