Jay Y. Lee Quotes

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.

When you are in the public eye, in the name of public service, you have to understand that the more people know about you, and the more people say they want to support you, the more you have to work even harder to uphold that trust.

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.

I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector.

Ethics reform is about restoring the public trust. When that is in doubt, nothing is more important than restoring it.

While everyone is entitled to a little vacation now and then, America's top legal officers should adhere to basic measures to increase accountability and restore the public's trust in 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 I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.

I'm a big fan of public trust.

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

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.

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.

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.

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

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.

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

If you cannot trust our leaders, you cannot govern.

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

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.

The basis of effective government is public confidence.

Those civil society groups promoting access to information must also require themselves and other activist groups to provide public accounting if, as proponents of openness, they are to safeguard their own legitimacy and credibility…

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

If I have the honor of being confirmed by the Senate, I will make it my highest priority to restore the public's confidence in the FBI and to re-earn the faith and trust of the American people.

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