Evan Davis Quotes

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

I will do everything by apply with all the legal and apply with the rule of law. And the main important thing that I have to be fairness to everyone, not just only one person.

Conflicts of interest' arise when you're not - when you're sneaky about it, when you're shady about it, when you're not transparent about it. If you tell everyone, 'Here's what's going on. Here's the process; here are the people that are playing a role' - that's being transparent.

In my capacity as a board member of the OfS, I hope to be impartial, objective, and fair.

Objective is the wrong word. Rather, it's fairness. Objectivity is a false God. Instead we should strive for fairness and transparency.

You wanna know people are held accountable if they engage in misconduct and that no one is above the law.

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business.

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

Well, purity - there's no purity in politics.

If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else.

I know that I and my office acted with the highest integrity as an independent inspector general should act.

There must not be favoured treatment for those occupying a position of public responsibility.

Wrong is for other people.

The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be a chairman.

I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just bringing people on so you can beat them up or, you know, make fools out of them or something.

I would draw a really big distinction between competition, or potential competition, and a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest implies wrongdoing, whereas competition is really healthy.

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office.

Disclosure is the antidote to partiality and favor.

Public confidence should govern political appointments.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall. Fiat justitia et ruant coeli.

Justice must be seen to be done.

One of the things I believe strongly in is developing institutions - legal, press, bureaucracies, academies - that are rooted in the pursuit of impartial truth. That aren't simply just bent to partisan ends or are corrupted for the powerful or for other ulterior motives.

When something favors France, I say so. When it doesn't, I say so, too.

When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.