Mark Foley Quotes

The government being the people’s business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to public view.

The government being the peoples business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view. Publicity is therefore as essential to honest administration as freedom of speech is to representative government. Equal rights to all and special privileges to none is the maxim which should control in all departments of government.

It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.

Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

And one of the things I've tried to do in my first months in office is to give more Georgians - reporters and members of the general public alike - a closer look at how their government works.

The concern is the Government is not coming clean and informing the Australian public of the assumptions that they have made to give rise to a $10.4 billion package.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust. The American people are uncomfortable with government activities that do not take place in the open, subject to public scrutiny and review.

Since 2001, I've done what every elected official should be doing in government right now. My staff and I took a look at the books, thought outside the box and proposed reforms.

When the Vice President of the United States shoots somebody, the public has the right to know.

As we seek to improve the management of the federal government, we should keep in mind that the government is not a private corporation. What may make sense for a large corporation may not always make sense for the federal government. In our quest for efficiency, we must not lose sight of the reasons why we enacted certain federal programs in the first place.

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit.

In our administration, we're going to follow the law, and any policy that we move forward will fall well within the law and the Arizona Constitution.

Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest.

Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high taxes.

Government lawyers have a duty to disclose evidence of wrongdoing in the government.

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

It's our duty as leaders in Washington to keep the government running.

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.