Margaret Heffernan Quotes

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.

I feel the weight of just telling the truth. There really is no weight to telling the truth. It's a little scary sometimes, but if you tell the truth, you don't have to be looking over your shoulder.

We’ve got to get the bad operators out of business so that the good operators can be rewarded for investing in safety.

I will say this about the truth - that it's one of those crisis rules, whether you are a client or someone who's living their life just every day - is that the truth has a funny way of not going away, and telling the truth is extremely important in dealing with any problem or crisis.

People who are most interested in telling the truth about others are generally the least interested in having the truth told about themselves.

It's near impossible to always be right when you're innovating. It's easy to get emotionally invested in it, but you need to monitor its impact like a hawk and react if you don't like what you see. And if/when you pull it back, you want to do that communication with transparency and humility.

I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

Light is the greatest disinfectant in nature and also in organizations.

Young people are just as attracted to the truth as they are convenience and expediency.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

It's important to be honest and truthful with your constituents. At the end of the day, we represent them.

My dad raised me with some good advice: 'Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you'll never have enemies, because people will always know where you're coming from.'

Without truth I feel ashamed to be alive.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

Let me get you to understand I don't bully anybody. I stand up for what I believe in and I'm very honest and I always tell the truth. I'm not a liar, I'm not manipulative and I don't stab you in your back because I will stab you in your chest.

The French people need to have all the facts so they can choose. And I won't be running away from it or hiding from it.

I can't hide things from my Maker, so it is better to be honest.

People would say, 'You can't say negative things about the company.' But you have no credibility if you can't tell people that they need to do better.

I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.

But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.

What is important is that you're honest with the American people.