William Odom Quotes

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers to run this game, so credibility of a game, or a board, or even a government for that matter, is important irrespective of what you do. If you are in public life, it is important.

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

There are certain things, when you get into public office, that you just should not do.

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

Elected officials have always been held to a higher standard, as we should be.

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.

There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

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

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

When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.

Politicians can and should be held accountable for their choices.

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.

I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.

At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.

In Minnesota, we hold our leaders to a higher standard. We demand that the men and women we send to Washington stand above reproach and steer clear of the web of corruption, kickbacks and special favors.

As far as the constitution allows me, I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch.

Every leader has the responsibility to hone his or her integrity. Many times, there are integrity traps that have a tendency to catch well-meaning leaders off guard.

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.

Public business … must always be done by somebody…. If wise men decline it, others will not; if honest men refuse it, others will not.

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

If you cannot trust our leaders, you cannot govern.

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.