Eric Garcetti Quotes

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

I took an oath to protect the people of Arizona, and that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to keep pushing in that direction.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

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.

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.

Politics is about accountability, it is about leadership, it is about courage.

Lack of accountability in any decision making structure is not tolerable.

Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.

I just want to do a good job as mayor.

It's absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.

Mayors are accountable. Local governments are accountable.

The power to investigate is a great public trust.

Congressmember Weiner has shown just a pattern of reckless behavior, an inability to tell the truth, and what New Yorkers deserve is a mayor with a record of delivering for them, of vision, and a level of maturity and responsibility.

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.

It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.

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.

As governor, part of my job is to tell people things they don't like to hear.

Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

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

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

I want to tell you ladies and gentlemen, the actions that we took were not always easy. The actions that we took were not always popular. But when you get yourself in public office, you must lead, you must do what's necessary.

Tasmania needs a watchdog, not a lap dog.

What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed, people will not know who is responsible.

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you.