Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes

We as citizens should hold our government accountable for word and deed.

Democratic government is responsible government—which means accountable government--and the essential problem in contracting out is that responsibility and accountability are greatly diminished.

Citizens need to know how their countries are being run so that they can hold governments and big business to account.

While transparency reduces corruption, good governance goes beyond transparency in achieving openness. Openness means involving the stakeholders in decision-making process. Transparency is the right to information while openness is the right to participation.

As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.

The citizen can bring our political and governmental institutions back to life, make them responsive and accountable, and keep them honest. No one else can.

The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organisations and the public.

If our governments are so compromised that they will not tell us the truth, then we must step forward to grasp it.

The Transparency Bill is something we should all support - practical steps in promoting an open and accountable democracy.

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

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

In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions.

The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed.

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

Everyone needs to understand that my work addresses existing problems, and one of the crucial problems in Russia today is corruption.

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency.

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.

Obama has already rejected the bright sunlight of public knowledge, which is democracy's great disinfectant and cure.

Even in non-democratic countries, people have a legitimate interest in knowing about actions taken by the government.

The state is obliged to fight corruption within the government.

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.