Nina Turner Quotes

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 hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government.

It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.

I know as well as anyone that the American people want to know that their hard-earned dollars are being spent wisely by government officials.

I look forward to being a voice of reason in fighting for transparent and accountable budgets.

We represent the people's money, and we have to be good stewards of that.

It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.

Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter. Let me repeat that: more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter - that's what we need to be about.

We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability.

I did not come into government to win an award as the great accountant in the sky and balance budgets.

We have a moral duty to have an efficient government.

Every year, virtually every governor balances the budget.

In my roles as Deputy State Treasurer and Special Assistant Attorney General, I strove to make government more responsive, transparent, efficient, and proactive.

Our objectives are clear. Let's keep the government open and protect our constituents.

Transparency is the key to good governance & e-governance is the only effective way of transparent governance.

Remarkably, there are leaders in Washington who don't understand why it's so important for us to have a budget.

My goal was to make New Jersey's state government a model for all other states to emulate, hopefully thereby to stem, or at least slow down, the flow of power to the federal government.

Laying the groundwork for smaller, smarter government, especially at the federal level, is going to be tough. But it is essential for getting us back on the path to long-term prosperity.

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

In order to spur economic growth we need to put the brakes on out of control spending, lower Ohioans tax burden and create a most efficient and effective government.

I think the whole issue of a debt ceiling makes no sense to me whatsoever. Anybody who is remotely adroit at arithmetic doesn't need a debt ceiling to tell you where you are.

For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.

I do think our challenge is to balance credibility and a clear message about how we would reduce the deficit with boldness about the choices that we put before the public.