James Miller Quotes

In Minnesota, we hold our leaders to a higher standard. We demand that the men and women we send to Washington stand above reproach and steer clear of the web of corruption, kickbacks and special favors.

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.

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.

People hold elected officials to a higher ethical standard than most others.

An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere.

Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government.

If you're in government, that's one of the one things you have to do is to always avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

The trust that goes with public service is a heavy burden on those who would lead us.

I have been in public office and have been criticized. I do not object to it. A public official should be willing to be criticized. An agent of the people of this country should be called to account.

I am committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct for government officials.

When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.

There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.

No public man can be just a little crooked.

Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.

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

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

Administrators are there because of the fans and the cricketers to run this game, so credibility of a game, or a board, or even a government for that matter, is important irrespective of what you do. If you are in public life, it is important.

It's important to be honest and truthful with your constituents. At the end of the day, we represent them.

The citizens of New Hampshire expect and deserve a government as clean as our mountain streams and as open as our blue skies. Today let us pledge together to make this government - the people's government - clean, open and honest.

As far as the constitution allows me, I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch.

Every leader has the responsibility to hone his or her integrity. Many times, there are integrity traps that have a tendency to catch well-meaning leaders off guard.

The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.

No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life.