Quotes about Transparency

The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon . . . has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.

Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn't write it down and sign it, don't say it.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

Have the courage to say what needs to be said to who it needs to be said to. You'll both be better for it.

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances.

Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish.

Paul spoke of his failures and successes with an openness few of us are prepared to copy.

I 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?

Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say let speech harmonize with life.

True love doesn't flatter; it's truthful.

Successful leaders are like icebergs. When you look at an iceberg, you see only about 10 percent of it, and the rest of it is hidden under the water. When you look at successful leaders, you see only a fraction of their lives. You see the part that looks really good, but there's usually a lot that remains hidden that's neither exciting nor glamorous.

Good leaders want the truth—even if it hurts.