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Elected officials have always been held to a higher standard, as we should be.

— Mike Coffman

We need to ban outside income for elected officials. Transparency alone is not enough; it doesn't solve the problem of creating outside dependencies.

— Zephyr Teachout

Whether elected or appointed, public officials serve those who put and keep them in office. We cannot depend upon them to fight our battles.

— Charles Hamilton Houston

Elected officials shouldn't get to choose who gets to choose elected officials.

— Lewis Black

In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we must respect…

— Reid Hoffman

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a…

— Mark McKinnon

The identity of political donors should be disclosed and bureaucratic rules should not circumvent the original intent of federal law or interfere with the…

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

Members are elected to hold the government to account and we've got to allow them to do so.

— Lindsay Hoyle

There's a real danger in the way our representative government functions today. It functions properly only when paired with accountability.

— Edward Snowden

Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.

— George Will

It's important when you're in government that you're held to higher standards because you're actually making decisions that affect the public.

— Rachel Reeves

We should have a very limited federal government.

— Paul Broun