Hatton William Sumners Quotes

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

All public officials, including the secretary of state, must be held accountable.

We should never forget the government should be held accountable for providing services.

It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing.

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.

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.

For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.

I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels.

Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. 2. Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them.... In every country these two parties exist.... Call them, therefore, liberals and serviles, Jacobins and Ultras, Whigs and Tories, republicans and federalists, aristocrats and democrats, or by whatever name you please, they are the same party still and pursue the same object.

The term Party is applied equally to the peaceful parties of America and to the Communist Party of Russia, the Nazi Party of Germany, and the Fascist Party of Italy. The methodology of these parties varies, but their fundamental objective-to place and keep their leaders in control of the government - is the same.

Republicans are the party of the rich. The Democrats are the party of the people.

Republicans will take on people in the interest of power. Democrats will take on power in the interests of people.

I cannot run the political machine. I have enough on my hands without that. It is the people's business.

The Communist Party and the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are the same in some ways ... To stay in power you've got to give people a good life and improve the economy.

Our two-party system has served us well over the years, but never better than in those times of great challenge when we came together not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans united in a common cause.

Your public servants serve you right.

I view the traditional two parties as in some ways very evil. They've become monsters that are out of control. The two parties don't have in mind what's best for Minnesota. The only things that are important to them are their own agendas and their pork. Government's become just a battle of power between the two parties.

Frankly, I'm fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our government doesn’t.

Political parties exist to secure responsible government and to execute the will of the people. From these great tasks both of the old parties have turned aside. Instead of instruments to promote the general welfare they have become the tools of corrupt interests, which use them impartially to serve their selfish purposes.

I think I would just want to say that I do view serving in government as an honor, and I do view it as a responsibility.

Every day, the Prime Minister is a 24-hour servant of the people of India.

The reality is I believe there has never been in the history of our White House such an unscrupulous pair as what I witnessed in this White House.

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.

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.

Excessive administration secrecy... feeds conspiracy theories and reduces the public's confidence in government.