David Kay Quotes

In everything we do, as long as I have anything to say about it, we're going to follow the facts independently, wherever they may lead, to whomever they may lead, no matter who likes it.

If you're going to be in the business of news and telling people the truth... you've got to be honest. You've got to have the same rules for yourself as you do for everyone else.

Sworn to no party, Of no sect am I; I won't keep quiet And I will not lie.

My job is not to make people happy; it's to tell the truth as I see it.

I think that whoever is the attorney general, you don't want them to be as a yes person for any particular constituency.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

I've never found NBA owners to be deferential. I never considered them to be reliant. All that I do is knock myself out to represent their interests the best way I can and sometimes tell them, as part of my job, what they don't like to hear.

In 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.

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it.

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

Disclosure is the antidote to partiality and favor.

To Any Officer or Employee of the Government: Please tell Mr. Lincoln Steffens anything whatever about the government that you know (not incompatible with the public interest) and provided only that you tell him the truth—no matter what it might be—I will see to it that you are not hurt. T. Roosevelt.

When something favors France, I say so. When it doesn't, I say so, too.

I've learned that, in many cases, people say, 'I want ground truth,' and they don't really mean it. There are warts all over this organization, as there are in many organizations, but you just have to tell truth to power and let the chips fall where they may.

The truth matters, and despite my objection to the creation of the Select Panel, as its Ranking Member, I will do all I can to ensure that as long at it continues, it will be as fair, transparent and objective as possible.

We must face facts. I have made that my guiding principle in office.

We need people in the game to be honest, to call things as they are.

I don't care if you print something nasty about me. If it's true, fine. I don't care. But just make sure it's the truth.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

The truth does not need to be defended.

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining or to be a happy ending, I was confident that we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened.