Jodi Rell Quotes

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

Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.

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

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

As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

People want a grounded government. They want a government that's going to be responsible to them.

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better.

The first law I passed in my cabinet was a law eliminating the double salary for the prime minister and the ministers. I have a salary as member of parliament. I don't want a double salary. So it was a very important decision.

Transparency and accountability must be restored in politics.

Bringing accountability to Washington has been an important part of my time in office and an important part of my campaign.

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.

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

Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.

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

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.

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

We're going to restructure the state government into a government that's responsive to the needs of New York state taxpayers.

No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions.

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.

The citizens of New Hampshire expect and deserve a government as clean as our mountain streams and as open as our blue skies. Today let us pledge together to make this government - the people's government - clean, open and honest.