Priti Patel Quotes

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

Men are able to trust one another knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

Politicians should trust people with the truth. Very often, we don't do that.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

One thing I have always promised is to be open and transparent and to treat employees and partners with respect and integrity.

I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don't like people who won't give me a straight answer. I don't like those kinds of people, and I've been vocal about it.

I work in a strange business, and 'trust' is a word that's not even in the vocabulary.

Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins.

I like honesty and fair play.

Let's deal with each other honestly.

I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.

There's good and bad everywhere in any aspect in life. The only people who we can't really trust are politicians. Because those guys lie to everybody and constantly.

I am honest and want to hear what the people have to say. I do not want to enrich myself in this job.

I'm the only honest person in Washington.

The essence of good government is trust.

The thing that I've learned, not just from writing comics but also from writing television programs like 'Law & Order,' is that you can fool some of the people some of the time - but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

Work hard to achieve integrity in your work and your relationships with the people you work with.

Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be lied to. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

Credibility is not a renewable resource in Washington.

Public confidence should govern political appointments.

You cannot be leading if you are misleading. Democracy is based on trust.

By and large, our leaders don’t lie to us.

Our government should not make promises we cannot keep. And we must keep the promises we have already made.