Jay Y. Lee Quotes

If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest.

I pledge to you today that for as long as I am your governor, I will not seek or accept any outside compensation from any source.

In Minnesota, we hold our leaders to a higher standard. We demand that the men and women we send to Washington stand above reproach and steer clear of the web of corruption, kickbacks and special favors.

Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed?

I don't like conflicts of interest; they should be eliminated or disclosed. I believe in transparency: that people have to really not just know but understand what they're buying and selling.

I would draw a really big distinction between competition, or potential competition, and a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest implies wrongdoing, whereas competition is really healthy.

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office.

There is a kind of innate conflict of interest when members of congressional ethics committees are called upon to judge their colleagues.

A perception of a conflict of interest is jsut as bad as a conflict of interest,

If giving money to a politician prejudiced my ability to think and write honestly, I wouldn't do it. Fortunately, it doesn't.

In my capacity as a board member of the OfS, I hope to be impartial, objective, and fair.

Our revenue commissions are very happy and very clear that they showed no sweetheart deals and no preference for any company and never do and never have and never will.

I would deal with President Trump's business no different than I would deal with any other business that comes before the committee.

If you're in government, that's one of the one things you have to do is to always avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

When you decide you're going to be a public servant, you should not be able to take on interests that conflict with the city.

My personal code of conduct and compliance with a wide range of government ethics provisions have ensured that I have maintained ethical standards.

We have too much respect for our father to make a Bush Beer or write books or do anything that's self-serving. I know all of us will avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest with the government and bend over backward to stay out of the news.

At no time I have used the resources of my office to facilitate a relationship of any type.

We are vested with significant authorities, and it is our obligation as public servants to ensure that these authorities are exercised with objectivity and integrity. Anything less falls short of the FBI's duty to the American people.

We've got to start also holding people accountable, and we've got to reward people who succeed. But somehow in Washington today - and I'm afraid on Wall Street - greed is rewarded, excess is rewarded, and corruption - or certainly failure to carry out our responsibility is rewarded.

When you're building a business or joining a company, you have to be transparent; you can't have two sets of information for two sets of people.

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.

No entrepreneur ever publicly admits to bribing, but few dare to openly claim they don't, either.