Mike Coffman Quotes

People hold elected officials to a higher ethical standard than most others.

Elected officials should be held to a higher standard, and we cannot enable misbehavior with a system that secretly settles with public funds.

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a higher standard of conduct for public officials?

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

The trust that goes with public service is a heavy burden on those who would lead us.

A senator should be held to a higher standard than Joe Six-Pack.

I have been in public office and have been criticized. I do not object to it. A public official should be willing to be criticized. An agent of the people of this country should be called to account.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land.

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

In Minnesota, we hold our leaders to a higher standard. We demand that the men and women we send to Washington stand above reproach and steer clear of the web of corruption, kickbacks and special favors.

For years now I have been talking about personal responsibility and accountability, both in our private lives and in the halls of government. Those are important principles here in Idaho, and they will form the basis of this administration.

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver.

You need to have good people: honourable, capable, committed in politics, standing in public office. It's not a guarantee, but it's the ideal we have to aim for.

I do believe that the majority of elected officials worked very hard and their heart is in the right place.

There's a truth about public service that is often unspoken and rarely understood - that the role of our elected officials is about much more than balancing budgets and ensuring the delivery of essential services.

When you decide you're going to be a public servant, you should not be able to take on interests that conflict with the city.

When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.

Politicians can and should be held accountable for their choices.

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.

We have the incredible privilege of serving in the highest offices in the state. We must prove ourselves worthy of our fellow citizens' faith. We must be trusted to always place the public's good above our own and to always choose fairness over favoritism.