John Thune Quotes

Accountability begins with transparency.

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

The only way we can do oversight is if people tell the truth.

The lesson is the importance of never becoming untethered to oversight and accountability.

Transparency matters.

I fully support accountability and transparency.

We either believe in accountability or we don't.

I'm a big proponent of accountability.

I believe in transparency.

I strongly believe in the principle of accountability and responsibility. It is the foundation of leadership.

We expect candor and transparency from the president, from the administration.

Transparency increases credibility and accountability.

I believe that transparency is the solution to our problem on corruption.

Radical transparency fosters goodness in so many ways for the same reasons that bad things are more likely to take place behind closed doors.

Secrecy destroys accountability.

One thing I have always promised is to be open and transparent and to treat employees and partners with respect and integrity.

I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.

I refuse to lie to children.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

Ethics are a key issue, and they're a key issue on the Democratic side, and all people have to be held to high standards.

If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.

Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.

In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and that's where I am now. I am completely transparent. There's nothing that you can't ask me and nothing I won't talk about.

My career is based on openness and honesty.

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.