Gladys Berejiklian Quotes

The people want government that works for them at every level.

In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.

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

Listening ... is good government.

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

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

And one of the things I've tried to do in my first months in office is to give more Georgians - reporters and members of the general public alike - a closer look at how their government works.

In a democracy, a leader must be the head teacher, someone eager to respond to doubts and questions and explain the need for and the benefits of a new course.

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.

A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.

So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not survive if democracy plus media brings to us more and more followship rather than leadership.

Legislating should be done in a manner that is understandable to the governed.

Good politicians listen to the people.

Democratic government may indeed be defined as the government which accepts in the fullest sense responsibility to explain itself.

No government is better than the men who compose it.

Government is competent when all who compose it work as trustees for the whole people. It can make constant progress when it keeps abreast of all the facts. It can obtain justified support and legitimate criticism when the people receive true information of all that government does.

Good government

Trust: Our system of government does not function without it.

All politicians will have to change to be worthy of our people.

My first goal as governor is to restore public trust in state government by changing the culture of state government.

We are determined to rebuild the confidence of our people in public institutions and restore the credibility of those elected to serve them.

When all Americans believe that the people we elect deserve to be in power, that their conduct in office is worthy of respect, and that they can be held accountable for their decisions, our politics will finally be worthy of our great people.

We were sent here to hold government accountable.

We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests - and if they aren't, then they should be challenged and held to account.