Quotes About Government

A government operates and acts differently than a company. So all we want to do is get some transparency here and then determine if the deal should go forward.

In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

The Transparency Bill is something we should all support - practical steps in promoting an open and accountable democracy.

I firmly believe that the most important feature of spending the people's money is complete transparency.

We have a responsibility to ensure the Palestinian Authority is abiding by U.S. law with total transparency.

In all of our efforts, we continue to emphasize the importance of inclusivity and transparency on the part of the Afghan government and leadership, especially in linking nascent local governing institutions to the decision-making and financial resources in Kabul.

The more government transparency, the better.

The way forward is for governments to consciously pursue monetary and fiscal stability through setting clear objectives, establishing proper rules, and requiring openness and transparency - the new rules of the game.

Transparency at the Export Import Bank has long been a concern and must be addressed.

I would rather we limited - for the sake of transparency - we limited the number of taxes that we had and we were right up front about what they are, how much they are, and so forth.

Transparency is our hallmark, and government is acting on the roadmap of economic revolution.

Transparency is the hallmark of Prime Minister Modi's government.

The U.S. needs legislation to protect the public's right to free speech and a free press, to protect it from the actions of the executive branch, and to promote the integrity and transparency of the U.S. government.

When you go to our political system, I feel like it's intentionally kept in the last century. In every other facet of life, we turn to social media for instant response time, complete transparency.

With obvious irony, many of the left-leaning privacy advocates who might cheer Apple's stand against the government's intrusion into its system, are now, as transparency advocates, on the side of the leakers of the Panama Papers.

Just to talk a moment about transparency, of course CIA does have a Twitter account.

If the president were standing here with me today, he would say he works for the American people. I work for him, so I also work for the American people, but his objective and his commitment is to bring transparency and truth back to government, to share the truth, even when it's hard to hear.

We are a nation founded on distrust of government power, and questioning that power is essential to promoting transparency and accountability.

The key message is I'm always trying to hope the Singaporeans will understand, is a question of every government must be... examined based on certain very fundamental principles to have a good government. You must have transparency.

Transparency in government also includes transparency in health care and hospitals.

Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects.

We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.

We've always tried to run a transparent and honest government.