Transparency Quotes

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take.

A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law.

A government operates and acts differently than a company. So all we want to do is get some transparency here and then determine if the deal should go forward.

A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency.

We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America.

My top priority will be to secure maximum value for money in aid through greater transparency, rigorous independent evaluation and an unremitting focus on results.

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.

It should strengthen investors' confidence. This is done through transparency, high quality financial reports, and a standardized economic market. This is not just for China, but also for the world market as a whole.

Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

I just think we need more accountability and more transparency.

What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press.

We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent.

Slovakia's joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.

We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible.

I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.

Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.

When the Democrats were investigating the U.S. attorneys that were accused of responding to political pressure, that I joined Senator Leahy in efforts to get transparency of all of the documents.

At the dawn of his administration, President Obama opined: 'A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency.' Magical rays of white-hot sunlight emanated from his media-manufactured halo. And then bureaucratically engineered darkness settled over the land.

In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear.

Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts.

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.

In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.

I used to hate doing color. I hated transparency film. The way I did color was by not wanting to know what kind of film was in my camera.