Quotes About Transparency

Our customers will judge us on our actions, not our words.

I cut to the point. I don't mealy-mouth around about it.

There is no way American sports are any cleaner than cycling.

You can do a lot of damage if you try to answer a question part-way.

I think that, you know, looking at all the systems that I've been studying over the last several years, that paper ballots with a precinct optical scan counters and random audits is the best system that we can have.

We got to make sure that the Democratic Party is not just Democratic, but seen to be Democratic. That means we got to have systems in place that makes sure that everybody who participates in a primary is perceived to have an equal shot with everybody else.

Our anti-corruption systems have inherently and intently been kept flawed.

With me, everything's right on the table.

What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table?

If I ever took a business public, I wouldn't want to take the shares off the table. I don't want people thinking I'm doing it just to make money and then going to run for the hills. I think that's a very important distinction.

What I'm bringing to the pop table is that I'm not pretentious.

As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table.

I think that some of the greatest muckrakers and some of the greatest investigative journalists of all time had strong feelings about civil rights. There is a role for the journalist-advocate. And as long as you play your cards on the table, I think that's a role that we should allow.

I wish that sometimes there is a little more honesty and that you can discuss things openly. There should not be taboo subjects.

This is bad for policy-making - if you cover up the problems, how can you solve them? It also corrodes public trust. Government must be much more honest about the challenges facing the country, if we are to begin to tackle them. Short-term spin must give way to proper long-term strategic thinking.

The first principle of tackling corruption is that you do not engage in it and you have the will to confront it.

Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.

In recitals, you are naked before the audience - well, naked with your jacket and tails. The audience sees and hears the real person, not some role you are interpreting.

I will rebuild the people's trust in government and create a stable foundation for Taiwan's future development.

In order for people to take what you say seriously, they have to know who you are as a person.

We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.

The facts fairly and honestly presented; truth will take care of itself.

It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.

The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously.