Quotes About Accountability

I will ensure that no criminal will ever get any political protection in my government. If anyone takes law in his hands, he would not be spared.

There is not adequate whistleblower protection.

Politicians don't like tough coverage, and their protectors try to destroy the messengers.

The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government.

We're very proud to be part of the eurozone. But this comes with obligations and it is crucial we show the world we can live up to those obligations.

Listen, not all of us are proud of what we say or do at times.

That's one thing: When I left Notre Dame, when I left every school, what I'm the proudest of is we never compromised the rules, never were on probation, never had any major problems of any kind.

Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn't.

People know what they're getting with me. It's part and parcel of football that people want to see new faces, but all I can do is play games, score goals and prove I can do it. My record is there for everyone to see.

You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.

We've got to prove that we can lead, and I'm going to be all-in to help prove that.

I'm not serving in the same party as Boris Johnson. He's proved that he's incapable of holding high office, never mind being prime minister. He's not true to what he believes in.

If I think something is right, I'll fight for it - always have. If it's wrong or I've been proved wrong, I'll walk away, and I'll apologise.

When you run for president, and become president, they just rip you apart. Every facade of privacy that you have is gone. I think everybody believes that, to some extent, you can maintain privacy. And I think in the end, everybody gets proven wrong.

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done.

Politicians make mistakes. People misspeak in public. God knows I have proven both. A lot.

Fiscal discipline is a priority in Romania, and we have already proven we are committed and able to make real progress in this area.

Why bad people - who are bad to other people - keep getting hired after they have proven their selves time and again is a mystery to me.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Ordinarily, the feds piggyback on the S.E.C. in complicated financial cases, but history proves that breath-holding on that score is a dangerous endeavor.

It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.

I did not come to Augusta to provide lip service. I came to work for the Maine people. I also came to Augusta to root out crooked politicians and government corruption.

First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government.