Nick Clegg Quotes

In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

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

… institutions have lost their credibility, not because they don't operate but rather because they operate behind closed doors; they have not been opened to the Chilean people.

The single most important ingredient in the recipe for success is transparency because transparency builds trust.

The President must not be such a distant person.

It matters to people that the president tell them the truth.

Openness fundamentally affects a lot of the core institutions in society - the media, the economy, how people relate to the government and just their leadership.

Unlike Hillary Clinton, I am not afraid to answer questions about my track record or my accomplishments or my principles.

The American people can always be trusted with the information.

While people are free to draw different conclusions from the facts, there should be no debate over whether the American public is entitled to have all of the facts.

People who live in transparent bodies shouldn't be so suspicious.

More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.

You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.

The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness - doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement. [Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.

... the approach of admitting our errors, besides being most true to a gospel of grace, is also most effective at expressing who we are. Propaganda turns people off; humbly admitting mistakes disarms.

My job is to continue to work very hard, to make sure the American people understand who I am, what I believe in, what I'll fight for. It's why I have been so accessible to the press.

Everybody who aspires to high positions of leadership in their state and in their country should be willing to take unscreened, unrehearsed questions from the people who pay their salary.

Every time we give our word, it counts. For the most part, people give their word entirely too often. Our word is a precious commodity and should be treated as such.

We would have to give out something for the poor in India. It is my responsibility to give the people an account of every rupee. I will use it at right places. I won't let it get stolen.

I'm not disappointed in [Barack] Obama. He said who he is; he's doing what he said he would do.

If you want to be transparent with your people, do not do anything cosmetic, whether to deceive your people or to get some applaud from the West.

I have always expressed respect for those people who make public declarations.