Tony Cardenas Quotes

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

We have to be careful about creating more rules.

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire.

With Government funding comes regulation.

No rules will be strong enough to prevent every abuse, yet good, strong regulations can stop the worst of it.

If we don’t enforce the regulations we have, these conversations are useless.

If there are malpractices in sports, part of the solution lies in the organisations themselves taking a very strong view and cleaning up the mess from within.

In general, we believe in regulation - just as long as it is fair and balanced.

I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.

My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.

We are constantly working towards the highest level of compliance possible.

Corporate governance should be done more through principles than rules.

Tasmania needs a watchdog, not a lap dog.

I just think we need more accountability and more transparency.

In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain.

Self regulation is important but it is not enough.

The best system is the most accountable and transparent system

A regulator is supposed to create and enforce a standard.

In my capacity as a board member of the OfS, I hope to be impartial, objective, and fair.

Balance is a good thing - checks and balances are a good thing.

There will always be a rule. There will be people who break the rules. There will be consequences. We fundamentally think these things will be true for a time. The question becomes, What are the consequences? Who enforces the consequences? What are the worst consequences?

Agencies must know who they are accountable to. If the agencies know who they are accountable to but we cannot say who they are accountable to, then really it is a very sad situation that is bound to be misused. It is bound to affect human rights.

Fifa has lost the trust of the people. We cannot allow the architects and controllers of world football to get away with dragging the beautiful game through the grime of corruption and bribery.

The NCAA has its rules. It's our job to abide by them.