Mike Quigley Quotes

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

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.

I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels.

I'm concerned about truth and credibility in government.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

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.

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.

Elected officials should be held to a higher standard, and we cannot enable misbehavior with a system that secretly settles with public funds.

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

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.

We've always tried to run a transparent and honest government.

When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.

We have failed to live up to the expectations of the public.

Theresa May and her advisers should understand that to rebuild faith in the competence and integrity of our government, transparency is vital. It shines light on the good as well as the bad. And it leads to better-informed decisions, therefore better outcomes.

We have the incredible privilege of serving in the highest offices in the state. We must prove ourselves worthy of our fellow citizens' faith. We must be trusted to always place the public's good above our own and to always choose fairness over favoritism.

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nation's faith in its elected leaders.

No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions.

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.

As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust. The American people are uncomfortable with government activities that do not take place in the open, subject to public scrutiny and review.

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better.

If you cannot trust our leaders, you cannot govern.

All persons who take part in government are accountable for their actions.

There are certain things, when you get into public office, that you just should not do.