Paul LePage Quotes

I said I would be part of the solution in Jefferson City, not part of the problem. And I said I'd take on the culture of corruption.

I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government.

If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game.

All politicians will have to change to be worthy of our people.

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.

We vow to achieve a new political landscape that is clean.

We need sensible people in the system, who are honest and passionate about the country and will not fall pray to corruption.

We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

Today we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people's government.

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?

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

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

Let us change the image of Alabama by changing the image of its officeholders.

I am the only public servant and the only Mexican President ever who has made his finances public from before, during, and after public service.

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

Political leaders, elected by the public and vested with the power to shape public life, owe it to citizens to set better standards regarding their use of money, and their conduct, both in and out of office.

An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere.

Some States just have a good political culture. It’s not all greed driven.

The best citizens were supposed to desire honest men in office, men who would not take bribes, men who would appoint high-minded men as their subordinates, men who would look after the public interest, see that public charities were well supported.

I'm willing to take a polygraph test to prove that I'm happy about Kahlon's return to politics. He's a good man, a man who cares. It's good to have people like that in politics, I have no problem with that.

Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government.

We need elected officials who care more about policy than politics.

Korea has a long way to go before ending corruption. But Mayor Goh has certainly taken an important step toward it.