Diane Ravitch Quotes

There is no accountability in the public school system - except for coaches. You know what happens to a losing coach. You fire him. A losing teacher can go on losing for 30 years and then go to glory.

And they've got to be held accountable; our broadcasting system has to be made accountable; and unless it is, it's going to be very hard to change anything else for the better in this country.

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

In politics there are no bad questions; there are only bad answers.

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

I strongly believe in the principle of accountability and responsibility. It is the foundation of leadership.

In a democracy, power implies responsibility.

Lack of accountability in any decision making structure is not tolerable.

The job of the politician isn’t to tell you what you want to hear, but to tell you what needs to be done.

I’m the commander, see, I don’t need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don’t feel like I owe anybody an explanation.

Separation of powers was designed to affix responsibility, not to evade it.

The Prime Minister of this country should be 100 percent efficient at all time.

He that would govern others, first should be The master of himself.

When I consider the objections put forward to the grant of self-government I can hardly keep my patience. What is it that they say? They say that we are not educated enough to get self-government. My answer is: whose fault is it? For the last 150 years you have been governing this country and yet you have not succeeded in educating the people of this country to such an extent that they may be fit for governing themselves.

The best system is the most accountable and transparent system

In all of our efforts, we continue to emphasize the importance of inclusivity and transparency on the part of the Afghan government and leadership, especially in linking nascent local governing institutions to the decision-making and financial resources in Kabul.

I think it's time that we said to people who are incapable of acknowledging that they've ever got anything wrong: 'I'm sorry, you've had your day.' Unelected, unaccountable elites, I'm afraid it's time to say, 'You're fired. We are going to take back control.'

Anonymity breeds irresponsibility.

The lesson is the importance of never becoming untethered to oversight and accountability.

Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

I personally thank Rahul Gandhi. He has given me complete free hand in running the government.

Transparency increases credibility and accountability.

It takes time for people to understand how to hold leaders accountable.

I fully support accountability and transparency.

I just want to do a good job as mayor.