Adult life Quote by Roy Barnes

Open government is, within limits, an ideal that we all share. U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed it when he took office in January 2009.

— Peter Singer

The American people deserve their government to be open and accountable.

— Charles Boustany

Keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital service running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on the job…

— Barack Obama

Under the Bush administration, openness and accountability have been replaced by secrecy and evasion of responsibility. They abuse their power, conceal their actions from…

— Edward Kennedy

When you get elected by 86% and you'd been in government as long as I had been, there was a sense I had a…

— Francis X. Suarez

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

— Mike Quigley

Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.

— Muqtada al Sadr

When I was elected to Congress, I made a commitment to my constituents that my office would set the standard to be open and…

— Elise Stefanik

Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -…

— Ronald Reagan

As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government.

— Dwight Morrow

I want my government to be transparent.

— Ksenia Sobchak

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from…

— Anonymous