Quotes About Accountability

And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.

In a democracy, everyone has the right to criticise the Government.

I'd shrink government in a minute, if I could shrink GM, Bank of America, and all these immoral corporations that operate by an undemocratic code, with no soul and no conscience.

Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government.

Instead of the function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the government.

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

Our government is a gift from God, who calls us to be good stewards of it.

We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with self - government.

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

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

Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.

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

If our government servants had to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as they have forced all of American business to do, they would be in jail.

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

If you want a government that's going to do the things we ask our government to do, you've got to get it from somebody.

The trouble with the social-democratic state is that, when government does too much, nobody else does much of anything.

Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable.

Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.

In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.

Los Angeles County government is a "Soviet-style system," with too many people only sort of in charge and no person sufficiently at the helm to take responsibility.

People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them.

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

Government does not do ANYthing as well as the private sector does, and that includes educating your children.

If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?