Transparency and Accountability Quotes

Over the years, the government launched more than one 'war on corruption,' and they all failed. Why? Because they all started from the bottom up.

Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today.

Since my election to Congress, I've always been interested in human rights. I really do believe that's America's strength. Yes, we have a strong military; yes, we have a strong economy. But what really makes America the unique nation it is, is that we speak up about human rights, and anti-corruption, and good governance, and democratic institutions. That's what America is known for. That's what inspires people around the world with U.S. leadership.

The way to end corruption is a progressive, policy driven state with proper implementation.

Based on my experience, I can say that India country can be freed of corruption.

People power must be combined with good governance to bring about real, deep and lasting change. This combination can achieve almost everything from eliminating corruption to ending malnutrition and illiteracy.

The government would assert that individuals who are aware of serious wrongdoing in the intelligence community should bring their concerns to the people most responsible for that wrongdoing, and rely on those people to correct the problems that those people themselves authorized.

We have to address individual acts of corruption. This is a necessary approach. Go after these individuals.

The only genuine form of democracy is that practiced freely without restrictions, threats or any form of intimidation.

Will make Delhi a corruption-free , world class city.

It's my job as President and Congress’s job to maker sure that there’s some rules of the road that people are going to abide by and that we’ve got transparency and accountability that this stuff is being posted and one of the things that we are going to do is put together an independent board on the recovery package…

REJECT ALL FORMS OF CORRUPTION THAT DIVERT RESOURCES FROM THE POOR

The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy tools, and implemented wisely.

Sadness... reflecting on the proud legacy of trust and fair play on which Reliance Industries was founded by my visionary father Dhirubhai Ambani, and how far RIL appeared to have moved away from those original values.

We have to continue to confront the challenge of corruption within the public service.

I got to stick with what I know [about The Clinton Foundation]. I'm not an official of the State Department.

When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company.

I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an independent judiciary, and fighting corruption, those are principles that, you know, not perfectly but generally, we have tried to apply not just in our own country but also with respect to our foreign policy.

It is not fair to those who fight corruption that they have to fight the aggressiveness, the impunity of the corrupt.

In order to ensure long-term investment, it is important to make infrastructure as transparent and as bankable as possible - should be a win-win for all.

Injustice and corruption will never be transformed by keeping them hidden, but only by bringing them out into the light and confronting them with the power of love.