Mario Monti Quotes

I don't think people maybe think that the government does tell them the truth. I think they expect politicians who are going to tell them one thing and then when they get in office do something else.

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nation's faith in its elected leaders.

We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers.

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.

In the governments, as we've witnessed in the past, they had to hide. Because there's a lot of concentration on the friends-and-family club... We're not about that. That's not the government of the future of the State of New York. What's gonna pull this state out of the doldrums that it's in right now is an honest and open government.

I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels.

My policy has always been to say what I believe to be in the best interest of the American people and hope the voters agree, or at least will respect my honesty.

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.

It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.

I reiterate that the rigor and credibility brought to the world by Monti's government are for us a point of no return.

We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.

The Internet is changing the way we think of our relationship with government; it has the potential to bring to life what Abraham Lincoln said about the presidency being an instrument of the people.

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

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens.

I'm concerned about truth and credibility in government.

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.

We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.

Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions.

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.

People are entitled to believe the government is constantly lying to them, but it isn't.

The concern is the Government is not coming clean and informing the Australian public of the assumptions that they have made to give rise to a $10.4 billion package.

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.