Believe Quote by Jay Weatherill

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely…

— Peter Singer

What we've seen in government for so often is that people have been shady - about their roles, hiding things, not releasing things.

— Sean Spicer

I want my government to be transparent.

— Ksenia Sobchak

Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.

— Andrei Sakharov

The government's appearing to be a necessary evil does not oblige people to trust it. We face a choice of trusting government or trusting…

— James Bovard

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

— Heather Brooke

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.

— John Lynch

We've always tried to run a transparent and honest government.

— Naveen Patnaik

It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States. Virtually everything that government does, of any significance, is conducted…

— Glenn Greenwald

Confidentiality is the nature of all governments. Of course you may say, the government will always want to communicate the good news; things which…

— Bernard Ingham

Any unveiling is also veiling. No matter how transparent our governments want to be, governments will be selectively transparent.

— Ivan Krastev

People want transparency in government.

— Elijah Cummings