Mike Huckabee Quotes

I will release my tax returns - against my lawyer's wishes - when she releases her 33,000 e-mails that have been deleted. As soon as she releases them, I will release.

Richard Nixon released tax returns when he was under audit.

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

On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.

The American people deserve to know what's on Trump's tax returns. And Trump must show that he truly embraces accountability and transparency and understands what it means to work on behalf of the public interest.

Whoever is running the country should not be in the pay of a foreign interest. The best way is to see tax returns.

Donald Trump is the first candidate ever to run for president in the last 40-plus years who has not released his tax returns, so everything he says about charity or anything else, we can't prove it.

It just seems to me that this is something that the American people deserve to see. And I have no reason to believe that [Donald Trump] is ever going to release his tax returns, because there's something he's hiding.

As far as my tax returns, you don't learn that much from tax returns.

Everybody talks about candidate tax returns, and they release those - well, most. But medical records, that's another thing, and that arguably might be more important or relevant than somebody's tax return.

The Transparency Bill is something we should all support - practical steps in promoting an open and accountable democracy.

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

We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency.

Obama has already rejected the bright sunlight of public knowledge, which is democracy's great disinfectant and cure.

Given the pervasive secrecy of the Bush-Cheney administration, and the sorry consequences of that disposition, President Barack Obama's early emphasis on openness in government seems almost inevitable.

There were no gifts. Everything is properly accounted for. I provided testimony and evidence to the committee... This was all stuff that was previously known.

You’re doing the people’s business and they have a right to know.

From now on, the government has to make its accounts public on a quarterly basis.

I get really, really concerned when I see somebody, taking $600,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs, will not release what they're actually saying. That's concerning.

The idea of a private life has been eroded in the sphere of politics.

There's no federal government agency that ought to be immune from having to explain the potential financial impact of an action they've taken or intend to take. We deserve the specifics.

The more government transparency, the better.

Obama's openness is a welcome change from his predecessor, who went all the way to the Supreme Court to hide the RSVP list for a single policy meeting. And transparency is intrinsically good, since in a democracy, very little government activity is legitimately secret.

Theresa May and her advisers should understand that to rebuild faith in the competence and integrity of our government, transparency is vital. It shines light on the good as well as the bad. And it leads to better-informed decisions, therefore better outcomes.

One of my ideas is that we post every vote on Facebook and on social media so that voters have an opportunity to hold their elected official accountable.