Dominic Grieve Quotes

For me to do my job effectively, we need to continue to earn public confidence. That involves transparency and accountability.

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

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.

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better.

By and large, our leaders don’t lie to us.

The Government needs to be honest and straight with people.

I have picked the very, very best deputy that I could. David Parker is a fantastic guy. He's a person who I trust absolutely. He's got a wonderful sense for policy. He will be great on organisation, and I know that I could not have a better deputy.

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.

I think Canadians want to get a feel for the people who will serve them... and, for me, I think that Canadians will trust people who trust them.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

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

Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government.

I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.

In the Prime Minister, we have a man who has forfeited the right to be believed or to be trusted.

Public confidence should govern political appointments.

The basis of effective government is public confidence.

The Bush administration should come clean with the American people and admit that they were wrong.

We want to live in a country where the leaders have enough respect for us to tell us the truth

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.

Nothing is more important to those of us at CIA than our obligation to earn the trust of our fellow citizens.

Artificial intelligence cannot solve the problem of not knowing what the hell you're doing and not really caring one way or the other. It's not a solution for shortsightedness and lack of transparency.

Transparency increases credibility and accountability.

We must never take the public's trust for granted - our predecessors worked hard to earn it, and it is our responsibility to continually earn that trust.

The American people deserve their government to be open and accountable.