Stephanie Tubbs Jones Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A senator should be held to a higher standard than Joe Six-Pack.

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.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

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.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver.

There are a lot of smart people in politics and government, but character matters ... it is terribly important that the two be melded.

I am the only public servant and the only Mexican President ever who has made his finances public from before, during, and after public service.

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.

I have been in public office and have been criticized. I do not object to it. A public official should be willing to be criticized. An agent of the people of this country should be called to account.

You need to have good people: honourable, capable, committed in politics, standing in public office. It's not a guarantee, but it's the ideal we have to aim for.

As the leaders of this great country, I urge my fellow colleagues in the House, governors, and presidential candidates alike to hold ourselves up to a higher standard.

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.

I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

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 am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust.

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.