Nicole Seah Quotes

Public confidence should govern political appointments.

City employees will be hired and promoted because of their abilities - without outside interference.

No one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another .... The duties of all public officers are ... so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance.

Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.

Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future.

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

No one in the Emirates is above the law and accountability.

A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.

There must not be favoured treatment for those occupying a position of public responsibility.

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities.

When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it.

As far as the constitution allows me, I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch.

The time has come for justice at the ballot box, and justice in the courts, and justice in the legislative halls, and justice in the governor's office.

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

No deals for jobs, no deals for contributions. What you see is what you get.

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

The Prime Minister of this country should be 100 percent efficient at all time.

Democracy is far more than merely participating in free and fair elections for a new government. It is about playing by a set of rules, respecting those rules and accepting the result even when it may not be what one had hoped for.

Before I was elected President I thought the chief pleasure of it would be to give honors and offices to old friends. But you know you can't do that when you're President of the United States; you have to get the best men.

We must reduce corruption to its fair proportions.

I want to live … where the people who make the rules have to live by them.

Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.

The best system is the most accountable and transparent system

Free and fair elections does not mean democracy.