Bill Kristol Quotes

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

I can't tell you how many times I've had conversations with politicians who've done something morally reprehensible but not indictable, yet still think they should be able to stay in office. The office isn't a 'right.' It's a kind of loan.

If you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government.

While everyone is entitled to a little vacation now and then, America's top legal officers should adhere to basic measures to increase accountability and restore the public's trust in government.

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.

I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector.

Ethics reform is about restoring the public trust. When that is in doubt, nothing is more important than restoring it.

If there is not competent Opposition, the government that comes to power won't have anyone to hold them accountable.

When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.

The issue of corruption in the humanitarian system is not an issue which is fundamentally different from dangers of corruption in other areas. One of the best ways to strengthen accountability is to engage in principled and law-based humanitarian action.

I believe the processes of good governance have gone astray. Specifically there is an erosion of transparency, independence and accountability.

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.

It is scrutiny by the general public that keeps the powerful honest.

I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

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.

We have the incredible privilege of serving in the highest offices in the state. We must prove ourselves worthy of our fellow citizens' faith. We must be trusted to always place the public's good above our own and to always choose fairness over favoritism.

No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses.

I'm concerned about truth and credibility in government.

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.

Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.

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

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.

Accountability and democratic choice, I deeply believe, are guaranteed by rigorous scrutiny only.