Quotes About Accountability

When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much.

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.

Government does not grow by seizing our freedoms, but by assuming our responsibilities.

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.

Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while.

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.

If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.

National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.

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.

I am supposed to owe the government something like $100 million. I couldn't squeeze out a dime.

Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.

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

Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.

A responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years.

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

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.

Unless government appropriately regulates oil developments and holds oil executives accountable, the public will not trust them to drill, baby, drill. And we must!

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.

Governments are not representative.

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.