Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
AristotleThe time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.
Billy GrahamWe have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.
Barack ObamaThe thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.
Conor McGregorI worked with Congress on legislation, gave speeches to CEOs, military generals and Hollywood executives. But I also worked to ensure that my efforts would resonate with kids and families – and that meant doing things in a creative and unconventional way. So, yeah, I planted a garden and hula-hooped on the White House lawn with kids.
Michelle ObamaConcentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.
Noam ChomskyIn the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.
Joe BidenI will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?
Lucius Annaeus SenecaYeah, I’m an open book.
Amy WinehouseThere’s a common perception among college administrators that they should conceal the high level of sexual assaults that take place on their campuses because it would bring discredit to the university, bring them a bad name if it was publicized.
Jimmy CarterThe fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy’s deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or ’79.
Jimmy CarterIf I’ve got a problem with one of my clients that needs to get solved, guess what I’m going to do? I’m going to call them up, and I’m going to say, ‚Hey, here’s what’s going on. This is the situation. This thing went sideways. I didn’t expect it. Now it’s going to take me some more time to get you what you need.‘ But I’m going to do that upfront.
Jocko WillinkA candidate is not going to suddenly change once they get into office. Just the opposite, in fact. Because the minute that individual takes that oath, they are under the hottest, harshest light there is. And there is no way to hide who they really are.
Michelle ObamaI actually do think you’re seeing this trend towards organizations just caring more about their brand and engaging. And so I think Home Depot will want to humanize itself. I think that’s a lot of why companies are starting blogs, are just giving more insight into what’s going on with them.
Mark ZuckerbergIt is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
Jimmy CarterLet us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.
Richard M. NixonYou know you’re not anonymous on our site. We’re greeting you by name, showing you past purchases, to the degree that you can arrange to have transparency combined with an explanation of what the consumer benefit is.
Jeff BezosI don’t have anything to hide.
RihannaThere is not a truth existing which I fear… or would wish unknown to the whole world.
Thomas JeffersonThe American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press.
Richard M. NixonI don’t see anything that’s come out on WikiLeaks that was a legitimate secret.
Noam ChomskyIf it’s going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.
Henry KissingerHow fortunate I was to be alive and a lawyer when, for the first time in United States history, it became possible to urge, successfully, before legislatures and courts, the equal-citizenship stature of women and men as a fundamental constitutional principle.
Ruth Bader GinsburgNext to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
John D. RockefellerWell the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It’s basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it’s wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore.
Bill GatesYou do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.
Lyndon B. JohnsonStates should have the right to enact laws… particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.
George W. BushHe who molds the public sentiment… makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
Abraham LincolnI just think you ought to talk straight with your people.
John KennedyMan never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.
PlatoIn matters of truth the fact that you don’t want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWe need to pass comprehensive immigration reform, period.
Kamala HarrisTo restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerOn the whole, we think of our consumers – other judges, lawyers, the public. The law that the Supreme Court establishes is the law that they must live by, so all things considered, it’s better to have it clearer than confusing.
Ruth Bader GinsburgIntegrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private.
Joyce MeyerThe American public’s a lot more sophisticated than we all give them credit for. And on complicated issues, I’m going to give them straight answers. And if it takes more than three minutes, I’m going to do it.
Joe BidenUnder the Timber and Stone Act of 1878, which might well have been called the ‚Dust and Ashes Act,‘ any citizen of the United States could take up one hundred and sixty acres of timber land and, by paying two dollars and a half an acre for it, obtain title.
John MuirIt is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
Theodore RooseveltLight is the greatest disinfectant in nature and also in organizations.
Stephen CoveyEverything is an open book. I don’t speak on other people’s hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I’m going to talk about it. That’s what my fan base appreciates the most. I’m universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through.
Kevin HartA Constitution should be short and obscure.
Napoleon BonaparteA good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, ‚Huh. It works. It makes sense.‘
Barack ObamaWe also cannot allow Wall Street banks to rewrite the Second Amendment just because they’re too big to fail.
John KennedyTo conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.
Charles DickensNothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Albert EinsteinTruth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.
Emily DickinsonI don’t see the point of doing an interview unless you’re going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I’m extremely human and have done some dark things I don’t think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I’d like to think it’s the nice thing to do.
Angelina JolieWhen Hillary served in the Senate, I saw her work day and night as a member of the Armed Services Committee – working with Republicans and Democrats to keep our military strong and protect our troops and their families.
Madeleine AlbrightIt seems like F1 is kind of going down that route, opening it up more to the public and letting them know what is going on, what you do, instead of just driving and going home.
Lando NorrisI don’t think we need more gun control laws.
John KennedyTransparency at the MSRB is dubious with data downloads too costly for all but the Vanguards of the world.
John KennedyThe main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.
Niccolo MachiavelliThe problem with EMMA is that it is cost prohibitive for the small investors who were supposed to benefit from the new transparency.
John KennedyTwitter is great to connect with fans and be transparent. I enjoy that aspect about it. But really, I’m still trying to figure it out.
Kobe BryantThere will be no whitewash in the White House.
Richard M. NixonI think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.
Ruth Bader GinsburgWe talk about this concept of openness and transparency as the high-level ideal that we’re moving towards at Facebook. The way that we get there is by empowering people to share and connect. The combination of those two things leads the world to become more open.
Mark ZuckerbergI don’t mind saying, you know, that I don’t take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books. It’s been printed all over, so I don’t feel like I am hiding anything.
Joel OsteenA gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
Joe BidenA lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
Dalai Lama