Narendra Modi Quotes

The only way we are held accountable is if people know what government is doing.

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

In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions.

We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency.

Although governments will also benefit from improved access to information, increased transparency will allow people at home and abroad to better observe and critique what governments do and to hold leaders accountable for their decisions. As a result, governments will find it harder to adopt strategies that require secrecy or violate international norms.

Right to Information is a small concrete step in making our polity more democratic.

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.

I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

It is scrutiny by the general public that keeps the powerful honest.

The Transparency Bill is something we should all support - practical steps in promoting an open and accountable democracy.

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

Accountability and democratic choice, I deeply believe, are guaranteed by rigorous scrutiny only.

Obama has already rejected the bright sunlight of public knowledge, which is democracy's great disinfectant and cure.

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.

Remarkably, governments are beginning to embrace the idea that nothing enhances democracy more than giving voice and information to everybody in the country. Why not open their books if they have nothing to hide?

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.

We as citizens should hold our government accountable for word and deed.

Sunlight is better than secrecy when it comes to making laws.

The American public has a right to know what's going on.

Ask yourself, have you ever heard any of your PAP MPs ask the hard questions? As a Singaporean, you have a right to information that the Government is refusing to answer.

Citizens need to know how their countries are being run so that they can hold governments and big business to account.

Do we have the right to understand the world we live in? The right to all the information regarding why our governments are making the decisions that they are?

The American people deserve their government to be open and accountable.

We were sent here to hold government accountable.

The more government transparency, the better.