Quotes About Accountability

It's easier to run for office than to run the office.

My obligation is to disclose companies in which I'm an officer, a director, or an investor.

Dan Donovan was the district attorney at one point who could not indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who choked Eric Garner on video, for the whole country to watch, for the whole world to watch. And he actually, immediately after that, won a seat in Congress. He beat a Democrat to get into Congress.

Just a look at the face of the officer kneeling on George Floyd's neck is indicative of the cause behind what he was doing. His face showed no concern.

I think that there are a lot of law enforcement officers out there who work according to their own set of what is right and what is wrong. And that doesn't always include respect for administration cops, you know, people that are higher up the food chain.

Do I acknowledge that there are some law enforcement officers that abuse their job? Yes.

I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.

One of my officers said to me that Trinidad and Tobago is seen like an ATM card... you come in with the card and you come back out with cash. It cannot happen anymore. It just cannot happen.

Many Americans do not understand that the officers of the government are simply the servants of the people.

I think the more we see more officers holding each other accountable, the more we will see people trust cops in this country.

What happened to George Floyd is an abomination. Four Minneapolis policemen used excessive force to cause his death in what appears to be a tragically cavalier fashion. All four officers involved should be held fully accountable and incarcerated for their crimes.

India needs honest bureaucrats; most officers in the system are corrupt.

What I have made very clear to my ministers is that I expect them to provide briefings on legislation and any issues pertaining to their electorate. Now I understand some ministerial staffers and offices have gone beyond that and I'll be speaking to my ministers that that will stop.

If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly.

You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.

We continue to confront racism from our past and our present, which is why we must hold everyone, from the highest offices to our own families, accountable for racist words and deeds and call racism what it is - wrong.

If you were a public official, you had to be accountable, and you had to be reachable.

And I think when you're an elected official, rightly so, you should watch what you say.

For one thing, I would like to see some new faces in all sports associations. Often you have the same people controlling a sport. They may change their designations or they may be controlling affairs from behind the curtain even when they don't have any role officially.

I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials.

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.

People want our elected officials to govern and for government to work.

When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.

Millions of people are asking for accountability, for responsibility, for truth from their elected officials, truth about how Obamacare is failing the men and women of America.