Jack Kevorkian Quotes

I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

He convinced me that if we're going to have honest government that you can't leave it up to the crooks and that honest people have to get involved in government. So I did. I got involved as a criminal prosecutor with the U. S. Justice Department.

We're doing a lot about corruption... it takes a long time and we are doing the right measures. It took 20 years for the system under successive military governments to become so corrupt, so it will take time to bring it under control.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

[Defining an honest politician:] ... a bastard who will stay bought.

I am the only public servant and the only Mexican President ever who has made his finances public from before, during, and after public service.

Our government should not make promises we cannot keep. And we must keep the promises we have already made.

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

I did not come to Augusta to provide lip service. I came to work for the Maine people. I also came to Augusta to root out crooked politicians and government corruption.

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

Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day.

There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

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

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.

I'm concerned about truth and credibility in government.

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions!

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

Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability.

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.

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.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

I'm the only honest person in Washington.