Robert J. Sawyer Quotes

We don't need secrecy.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.

If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.

My attitude is that, if you have nothing to hide, why not show it?

I've never had anything to hide.

Secrecy destroys accountability.

I've got nothing to hide.

Well, I've got nothing to hide. Absolutely nothing.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

Accountability begins with transparency.

Hide nothing. It always gets found out.

Public disclosure is one of the great disinfectants ever invented.

Anything that will be revealed eventually, should be revealed immediately.

Trust comes from transparency…

To Any Officer or Employee of the Government: Please tell Mr. Lincoln Steffens anything whatever about the government that you know (not incompatible with the public interest) and provided only that you tell him the truth—no matter what it might be—I will see to it that you are not hurt. T. Roosevelt.

We expect candor and transparency from the president, from the administration.

If you're not open, you're not transparent, you're still holding on to vaults of information, you're not going to build that trust.

I was never any good at keeping secrets.

I'm willing to be an open book, to a point.

I don't believe it helps when internal affairs are made public.

We try and be as open as we can, and to protect the secrets that we must protect.

I believe that transparency is the solution to our problem on corruption.

People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. You should be an open book, be transparent.

A totally honest organization would never hide or disguise actions or stonewall.

Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.