Scott McClellan Quotes

I want my clients to trust me.

I work in a strange business, and 'trust' is a word that's not even in the vocabulary.

I'm a pretty bad liar, and I'm not very good at keeping secrets.

I don't keep secrets because I'm no good at them!

I refuse to say things behind people's backs.

It is my conviction that secrets are more costly in the long run than honesty.

I would not say that secret-keeping is one of my finer skills, actually.

There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them.

The Republican National Committee hired me, and they hired me because they wanted someone who could look members straight in the eye and tell them the truth.

If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends and neighbors should be true to the public.

Resolved, That every member of this Congress considers himself under the ties of virtue, honor, and love of his country, not to divulge, directly or indirectly, any matter or thing agitated or debated in Congress, before the same shall have been determined, without leave of the Congress; nor any matter or thing determined in Congress, which a majority of the Congress shall order to be kept secret. And that if any member shall violate this agreement, he shall be expelled this Congress, and deemed an enemy to the liberties of America, and liable to be treated as such …

How can we expect others to keep our secrets if we cannot keep them ourselves?

I'm not good at keeping secrets.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

I cannot deceive my people.

In families like mine, there is no crime worse than telling the truth.

At the end of the day, if someone tries to conceal something they will, and when you find out, you deal with it. That's it. We can't possibly know everything that happens.

People may not have the right to know about your personal, private life or any detail about any potentially embarrassing photo, but they do have the right to know whether you are honest, candid and forthcoming.

We try and be as open as we can, and to protect the secrets that we must protect.

Sometimes, loyalty gets in the way of what you want to do. Sometimes, it’s not your secret to tell.

I have never lied, “ Mr. Barris counters, standing as well. “I do not share what I am not at liberty to say. I gave my word and I intend to keep it but I have never lied to you. You never even asked me, you assumed I knew nothing.