Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nation's faith in its elected leaders.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

Our form of government depends on a mutual bond of trust between the people and their government. But people have become cynical about their government.

I'm a big fan of public trust.

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.

I want to re-establish the people's trust in the office of president.

The essence of good government is trust.

All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.

Public confidence in the elective process is the foundation of public confidence in government.

The basis of effective government is public confidence.

My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.

Government is competent when all who compose it work as trustees for the whole people. It can make constant progress when it keeps abreast of all the facts. It can obtain justified support and legitimate criticism when the people receive true information of all that government does.

The lack of trust between the federal government and the American citizens of this country is such a wide gap, we have to renew that trust for the people of this country going forward.

Soaring rhetoric will not restore the American people's confidence in their government.

We'll continue to build a nation that is trusted by its people.

Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.

When all Americans believe that the people we elect deserve to be in power, that their conduct in office is worthy of respect, and that they can be held accountable for their decisions, our politics will finally be worthy of our great people.

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones.

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens.

I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust.

Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.

The American people want to have trust in their leaders.

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.