Institutional Credibility Quotes

My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.

Unfortunately, the Church's position on most contemporary issues makes it hard to take them seriously.

The American people don't believe politicians. They don't believe business leaders or Hollywood celebrities or athletes or other supposed role models. And they certainly don't believe the news media.

The idea that the UN system could provide real leadership on the great development challenges will strain credulity in some quarters.

Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? ... No other human institution comes close.

There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority.

A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.

We are determined to rebuild the confidence of our people in public institutions and restore the credibility of those elected to serve them.

The prestige of the international financial institutions rates less than zero.

One of the dangers today is that when we don't like what the facts tell us, we just attack the facts, and we undermine the credibility of institutions. That is true not just for reporting; it's true of when people are attacking the congressional budget office, or when they're attacking certain science - that's where we can get into a dangerous realm.

Most bloggers have no institutional credibility, and so they must build it, by linking transparently, and allowing you to easily double check their work. But more than anything, because linking sources is such an easy thing to do, and the motivations for avoiding links are so dubious, I've detected myself using a new rule of thumb: if you don't link to primary sources, I just don't trust you.