Mike Quigley Quotes

What is important is that you're honest with the American people.

Surely we don’t want the President to lie, we don’t want our senators to lie, we don’t want our congressmen to lie. But sometimes they do.

We know that the wages of secrecy are corruption. We know that in secrecy error, undetected, will flourish and subvert.

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

When you start hiding things away, that's when the darkness creeps up. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions!

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.

It's important to be honest and truthful with your constituents. At the end of the day, we represent them.

People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.

I'm the only honest person in Washington.

Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He's always had an agent for that.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

Certainly he [Richard M. Nixon] is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy.

A dominion then, whose well-being depends on any man's good faith, and whose affairs cannot be properly administered, unless those who are engaged in them will act honestly, will be very unstable. On the contrary, to insure its permanence, its public affairs should be so ordered, that those who administer them, whether guided by reason or passion, cannot be led to act treacherously or basely.

You don’t tell the truth just some of the time… The American people deserve the truth all of the time.

By and large, our leaders don’t lie to us.

In Washington telling the truth is a gaff.

Pubic business must be done. It will be done one way or another. If wise men refuse it, others will not. If honest men refuse it, others will not.

If I'm elected, at the end of four years or eight years I hope the people will say, "You know, Jimmy Carter made a lot of mistakes, but he never told a lie."

I'm a very honest politician.

Transparency and accountability must be restored in politics.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision.

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.