Ken Livingstone Quotes

Believing in and practising the principles of the rule of law is, with our liberty and democracy, among the most powerful weapons we have. It is less effective if we blur its clarity and we should do this as sparingly as possible.

We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.'

You wanna know people are held accountable if they engage in misconduct and that no one is above the law.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

Openness, transparency - these are among the few weapons the citizenry has to protect itself from the powerful and the corrupt... and that is the best thing that WikiLeaks has done.

I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts, because I have faith in Hong Kong's rule of law.

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

The best way to kill anything un-American is to drag it out into the open; because anything un-American cannot live in the sunlight.

Democracy is not elections. Democracy includes elections.

The cycle of impunity must be broken …. Authorities must be held responsible …. Without accountability, democracy cannot be consolidated. We will remove the veil of impunity that covers the truth.

With a good [political] system, even evil men cannot do evil.

Free integral elections should be guaranteed, where values of justice and rule of law also prevail.

China has not established the rule of law and thus there is no justice.

In America, the Supreme Court and the American people believe no one is above the law.

When officers' actions violate their duty, justice should be served in accordance with our legal system.

At the Department of Justice, our ability to fulfill our responsibilities - to advocate for victims, to vigorously pursue misconduct, to seek justice in all its forms - depends on public confidence in the institutions we represent.

No individual, no organization, no government is above the law.

I believe myself to have been a reasonable prosecutor, and when the facts and evidence show a criminal violation has been committed, the individuals involved should not dictate whether the case is prosecuted.

I think the United States is mindful of its reputation for its democracy and rule of law, and if they are willing to risk that reputation by extraditing me based on the request and claims made by Turkey, I would never say no. I would go willingly.

There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.

The rule of law doesn't mean the police are in charge, but that we all answer to the same laws.

Yes, and you should question your government.

I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that. I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture. And I'm gonna make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world.

Why is it that we go to immense lengths getting the Serbs who were responsible for the massacre of 7,000 at Srbrenica-that's slightly more than the total figure for New York 9/11-and we take them to a tribunal in The Hague, and one after another, we arraign them, try them, convict them, and punish them in front of the world, but no plans have been brought forward to get Osama bin Laden and his friends and put them on trial.

Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new job is to fight for those people and to fight for these fundamental rights.